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State v. Lusby
Trial court erroneouly believed it lacked discretion to refer drug offender to work ethic camp. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
People v. Diaz
Court applies three strikes law and punishment enhancement provision in sentencing habitual rapist. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
People v. Acosta
Statute that permits prior bad acts in domestic violence case doesn't violate due process or equal protection clause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
People v. Belcher
'One-strike' law, imposing mandatory life sentence for certain crimes, subjects defendant to only one life sentence per victim per single occasion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
People v. Bohannon
Court errs in sentencing convicted rapist by failing to order preparation of probation report to be considered at sentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
Walter v. Wilkinson
Evaluation to determine if individual is sexually violent person must include separate examinations by experts within short-time frame. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
State v. Burden
Criminal charges must be dropped when State loses materially exculpatory evidence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
State v. Williams
Evidence of lack of criminal history should have been admitted to rebut testimony of defendant's reputation as thief. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
Chamberlain v. Shanks
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
U.S. v. 1,100 Machine Gun Receivers
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
U.S. v. Black
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
State v. Cronin
Criminal accomplice must have intended to help commit the specific offense charged, not 'any' crime. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
Washington v. Nolan
Court may require convicted criminal to pay State's costs for appellate review. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
State v. Fulps
Defendant's right to speedy trial under state law is violated when trial is scheduled nine months after release from bail. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
State v. Sullivan
Pseudo-legal documents do not qualify as judicial process for purpose of prosecuting defendant under barratry statute. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
Personal Restraint of Perkins
Court of Appeals had authority to transfer second personal restraint petition to state supreme court. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
State v. Chapman
Court errs in reversing accused conviction for violation of 'no-contact order.' 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
In re Greening
Petition against unlawful sentence filed more than one year after sentencing is not time barred if there is significant change in law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State v. Twyman
Jury selection that only includes three zip codes of county is constitutional so long as resultant jury is fair and impartial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State v. Platt
Individual committed to state hospital after not guilty by reason of insanity defense has burden to prove fitness for conditional release. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State of Washington v. Ferguson
Aggravated exceptional sentence may not be based on charged element of underlying offense 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State v. Walsh
Plea agreement is involuntary when both prosecution and defense based plea on misunderstanding of standard sentencing range. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State v. Longshore
Theft occurs when accused removes naturally occurring shellfish from privately owned property. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
State v. Bradley
Individual may use force to resist correctional officer only when that person is in actual, imminent danger of serious injury. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
Washington v. Conwell
Upon rejection of guilty plea, judge must allow accused opportunity to make new plea on charges. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
State v. Greiff
State's failure to notify defendant of expected change in testimony and admission of hearsay testimony are not prejudicial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
Personal Restraint of Matteson
Washington Department of Corrections has statutory authority to transfer inmates to private out-of-state facility. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
State of Washington v. Townsend
Jury should not have been informed that prosecutor would not seek death penalty for murder case. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
In re the Personal Restraint Petition of Meyer
Sex-offender registration and disclosure do not violate right to privacy or due process. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
In the Matter of the Personal restraint of En Banc
Attorney's failure to introduce expert opinion report that defendant was incompetent to stand trial is ineffective assistance of counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2001
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