Docket No. 78963-1  Facts: Prior to petitioner Sheldon Martin’s scheduled release from prison after serving consecutive sentences for a burglary committed in Clark County, Washington and kidnapping and attempted sexual abuse committed in Oregon, the Thurston County prosecutor requested that the attorney general petition the Superior Court for Thurston County to have Martin committed as a sexually violent predator Continue reading →

Docket No. 79127-9  Facts: Pursuant to the terms of a plea agreement, petitioner John Codiga pled guilty to three counts of child molestation in the Superior Court for Grant County. After an investigation revealed additional prior convictions that had not been considered in calculating Codiga’s offender score and which increased Codiga’s standard sentencing range, Codiga was sentenced. Codiga subsequently moved to withdraw his guilty plea Continue reading →

Docket No. 77347-5  Facts: Petitioner Felipe Ramos was convicted of second degree murder in the Superior Court for King County after a trial in which the jury responded to a special interrogatory that it did not unanimously agree that intentional murder had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt but that it did unanimously agree that felony murder had been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Continue reading →

Docket No. 78658-5  Facts: The state of Washington moved to vacate petitioner Terrence Hall’s 1994 conviction for second degree felony murder that was based on the predicate felony of assault and moved to file an amended information charging Hall with first degree manslaughter and first degree assault. Continue reading →