State v. Thiefault
Synopsis: Did Thiefault receive ineffective assistance when his trial counsel did not challenge his criminal history?
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State v. Nichols
Synopsis: The petitioner alleges ineffective assistance of counsel.
In re Pers. Restraint of McCarthy v. Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
Synopsis: Are certain sex offenders entitled to legal counsel during hearings where the Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board decides whether to release the offenders after serving their minimum term?
In re Marriage of King v. Brenda Leone King
Synopsis: The appellant maintains that an indigent parent has a constitutional right to appointment of counsel at public expense in child custody proceedings.
State v. Hicks & Babbs
Synopsis: Whether defendants received effective assistance of counsel when their attorneys informed potential jurors that the case did not involve the death penalty and did not object to the trial judge and prosecution doing the same. Whether the prosecution’s dismissal of the only remaining potential African-American juror was race-based.
State v. Radcliffe
Synopsis: What must police do when a suspect, who already waived his Miranda rights, makes an equivocal request for an attorney?
State v. Heddrick
Facts:
Petitioner Steven Heddrick Jr. was charged with felony harassment, and subsequently charged with custodial assault because of his involvement in an altercation with jailhouse staff while awaiting trial. The Superior Court for King County entered an order finding Henddrick competent to stand trial on the assault charge, but did not enter an equivalent order in the prior harassment case. Read more…
Washington v. Madsen
Facts: Petitioner Kurt Madsen was convicted in the Superior Court for King County of violating a no contact order and sentenced following a trial during which the court had on three occasions rejected Madsen’s motions to dismiss his attorney and proceed pro se. Read more…
Bellevue School District v. E.S.
Synopsis: Whether a juvenile has a constitutional right to appointed counsel at the initial hearing on a truancy petition filed under chapter 28.225 RCW.
State v. Grier
Synopsis: Whether in a prosecution for second degree murder defense counsel was ineffective in withdrawing proposed jury instructions on the lesser included crimes of first and second degree manslaughter.
