Docket No. 681-7  Facts:  Paul King was disbarred following a hearing before the Washington State Bar Association’s disciplinary board, which found that King had violated several rules of professional conduct by failing to notify a client that he had been suspended from the practice of law, falsely informing opposing counsel that he was merely taking leave from the case when he had in fact been suspended, continuing to practice law after his suspension, and attempting to obstruct and delay the disciplinary proceedings against him. Continue reading →

Docket No. 82329-4  Facts: Following his conviction for two drug offenses, petitioner Douglas Blackburn was sentenced to community confinement and substance abuse treatment pursuant to the sentencing alternative for first time drug offenders offered by Washington Revised Code §9.94A.660. Continue reading →

Docket No. 83474-1; 83828-3  Facts: Petitioner Cal Brown, a prisoner who had been sentenced to death following his conviction for murder, filed suit against respondent Eldon Vail, the secretary of the Washington Department of Corrections, in the Superior Court for Thurston County, asserting that the lethal injection protocol employed by the state for executions constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8^th Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I §14 of the Washington State Constitution insofar as unnecessary pain might be inflicted if the protocol were not carried out properly, Continue reading →