State v. Adams — Washington appeals court orders charges dismissed over public-defender shortage delay
Case State of Washington v. Brittany Rayann J. Adams Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division Three Judge Staab, C.J.; Hill,
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State of Washington v. Tanner Ryan Lane — Court reverses cached-image possession conviction and orders resentencing
Case State of Washington v. Tanner Ryan Lane Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division II Judge Glasgow, J.; Price, A.C.J.;
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State v. Jeffries-Porter — Washington Supreme Court struck down a vague community-custody condition
Case State of Washington v. Jeremiah J. Jeffries-Porter Court Washington Supreme Court Judge GORDON MCCLOUD (elected 2012) Date Decided October
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Postsentence Review of Monschke — Court strikes trial judge’s early-release-time provision
Case In the Matter of the Postsentence Review of Kurtis William Monschke Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division II Judge
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State v. Peterson — Allowed a CrR 7.8 challenge to a drug-court order but denied a due-process right to a fee refund
Case State of Washington v. Karen Kathleen Peterson Court Washington Supreme Court Judge Gordon McCloud, J. Date Decided September 10,
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State v. Lester — Reversed child-sex-offense convictions and ordered a new trial before a different judge
Case State of Washington v. Christopher Collin Lester Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge Mann, J. Date Decided
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State v. Baranyi — Affirmed four concurrent sentences of 46 years to life for murders committed at age 17
Case State of Washington v. Alex Kevin Baranyi Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge Bowman, A.C.J. Date Decided
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Bailey-Cobb — Drug-monitoring patches for pretrial DUI releasees violated Washington privacy rights
Case Simone A. Bailey-Cobb v. Snohomish County District Court, the Honorable Judge Jennifer Rancourt; Andrew P. Toombs v. Snohomish County
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State v. Tuufuli — Revived felony-murder charge under due-diligence exception to double jeopardy
Case State of Washington v. Gregory William Tuufuli Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge Díaz, J. Date Decided
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Dowdney — Washington court invalidates “Assigned to Cell” as prison programming
Case In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Stephen P. Dowdney Jr. Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One
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State v. Perrin — affirmed waiver of deadly-weapon prison time under the mental health sentencing alternative
Case State of Washington v. Scott Joseph Perrin Court Washington Supreme Court Judge GONZÁLEZ (appointment info not available) Date Decided
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State v. Le — Affirmed attempted child-sex convictions based on arranged meeting, payment, and condoms
Case The State of Washington v. Anh My Nguyen Duc Le Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge Birk
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Stone v. King County — revived malpractice and fiduciary-duty claims against defense counsel
Case Austin I. Stone v. King County and George Eppler Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge Feldman (Jay
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State v. Spanjer — Court reverses disqualification of entire prosecutor’s office where deputy prosecutor is crime victim
Case State of Washington v. Christopher Lynn Spanjer Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division II Judge MAXA (Jay Inslee, 2013)
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State v. Tarver — Affirmed conviction for receiving unlawful compensation; held that sexual contact qualifies as compensation and dependency cases constitute transactions under Washington’s bribery statute
Case State of Washington v. Robert T. Tarver Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division Three Judge Staab (elected 2021) Date
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State v. Hogan — Washington Supreme Court upholds conviction, holds GR 37 did not bar State’s peremptory strike of white juror who acknowledged history of racial bias in policing
Case State of Washington v. Nigel Sinclair Hogan Sr. Court Supreme Court of the State of Washington (En Banc) Judge
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In Re Detention Of A.R. — Court reverses, holds county prosecutor (not Attorney General) must represent private healthcare facility’s petition
Case In the Matter of the Detention of A.R. Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge CHUNG (Jay Inslee,
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State v. Thompson — Affirmed conviction; peremptory challenge was not based on race under GR 37
Case State of Washington v. Jaycee Cedric Thompson Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge HAZELRIGG (elected 2019) Date
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State v. Lester — Reversed and remanded for new trial; trial court violated appearance of fairness doctrine by failing to disclose witness signaling allegation
Case State of Washington v. Christopher Collin Lester Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge MANN (Jay Inslee, 2016)
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State of Washington v. Boyce — Court affirms sentencing using old law, rejects retroactive application of new juvenile adjudication rule
Case State of Washington v. Zachary Gene Boyce Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division III Judge Lawrence-Berrey (Jay Inslee, 2014)
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State v. Blackburn — Affirmed sexual assault convictions; held warrantless bank card search violated privacy rights but was harmless error
Case State of Washington v. Harlan W. Blackburn Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge COBURN (elected 2020) Date
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State v. Dugan — Washington Court of Appeals upholds life sentence under three-strikes law, rejecting constitutional challenges
Case The State of Washington v. Samuel Leon Dugan Court Washington Court of Appeals, Division One Judge BOWMAN (Jay Inslee,
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In re Personal Restraint of Bin-Bellah — Washington Supreme Court upholds multiple assault convictions from single incident based on defendant’s guilty plea and factual stipulations
Case In re Personal Restraint of Akeel Bin-Bellah Court Washington Supreme Court (En Banc) Judge Gonzalez, J. (Chris Gregoire, 2011)