Temple of Justice

Facts:  Petitioner Marilea Mitchell was convicted of criminal mistreatment in the Superior Court for Snohomish County after allowing a child in her care to become severely malnourished. Read more…

Synopsis: Whether confinement on a misdemeanor probation violation interrupts the five-year “wash-out” period on a prior class C felony conviction.

Synopsis: Whether, in a dispute over attorney fees owed by a former client, the trial court erroneously awarded the former attorney prejudgment interest even though the former client had deposited the amount of claimed fees in the trial court registry, and whether on appeal the Court of Appeals erroneously altered the settlement amount on which the former attorney’s contingency fee was based.

Synopsis: Whether the prosecutor in a criminal trial improperly vouched for a witness’s credibility when on direct examination the prosecutor elicited the fact that the witness had promised to testify truthfully as part of a plea agreement.