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: Did the trial court violate the Sentencing Reform Act or the Equal Protection clause by considering the defendant’s possible deportation in denying a sentence under the special sex offender sentencing alternative?

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: Whether the judgment and sentence in this case became final after the decision in Blakely v. Washington, and if so, whether Blakely applies to an exceptional sentence consisting of consecutive standard range terms.

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: 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?

Synopsis: Can a mitigated exceptional sentence be imposed for separate “serious violent offenses”?