Temple of Justice

Synopsis: Does the state have to prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt the fact that a defendant was on community placement at the time the defendant committed a crime?

Synopsis: Does RCW 69.50.408’s language “twice the term otherwise authorized” refer to the standard range sentence or the maximum sentence or both?

Synopsis: Did the trial court err by sentencing the defendant for second degree attempted murder rather than first degree assault and by including his juvenile adjudications in his offender score?

Synopsis: Does the State have to give a defendant notice before trial that he faces his third strike? Does an attorney provide ineffective assistance of counsel by not finding out and informing the defendant before trial that he faces his third strike?

Synopsis: Is first degree statutory rape comparable to first degree rape of a child for purposes of the Persistent Offender Accountability Act?

Synopsis: Does double jeopardy require vacation of a defendant’s lesser convictions for a single offense? Under Washington v. Recuenco may a court automatically order remand due to a Blakely violation?

Synopsis: Petitioner John Swiger seeks credit for the time he spent on home detention while he appealed his conviction.

Synopsis: Does the juvenile court have the inherent power to punish a youth for contempt of court when the youth repeatedly ran away from foster care? If so, what procedures must the court follow?

Synopsis: Is imposing a firearm sentence enhancement based on a deadly weapon finding subject to harmless error analysis under Washington law, and if so, was the error in this case harmless?

Synopsis: Was it a harmless error to sentence Hall to an exceptional sentence based on findings made by the trial court rather than a jury?