Synopsis: The Thurston County prosecutor committed Sheldon Martin as a sexually violent predator based on an offense he committed in Oregon. The court must decide if the sexually violent predator law permits a county prosecutor to commit a person who never committed any offense in that prosecutor’s county.
Synopsis: Whether equitable tolling permits Bonds to submit an otherwise untimely amended PRP.
Synopsis: May a defendant collaterally challenge a conviction more than one year after the judgment becomes final when the defendant’s maximum possible sentence was misstated on the judgment and sentence form?
Facts: Petitioner Steven Clark was convicted of two counts of bank robbery in the Superior Court for King County and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole as a persistent offender on the basis of earlier convictions for bank robbery and delivery of a controlled substance. Read more…
Synopsis: Whether under chapter 71.09 RCW a person alleged to be a sexually violent predator may be required to submit to a polygraph examination as part of his initial evaluation.
