Search | Criminal Legal News

Meagher v. King County, WA, Third Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020

Brief • June 11, 2020

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General)

Meagher v. King County, WA, Third Amended Complaint, Failure to Protect, 2020 Case 2:19-cv-00259-JLR Document 74 Filed 06/11/20 Page 1 of 26 HON. JAMES L. ROBART 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 TOBY MEAGHER, through his Litigation Guardian, …

Justice Quarterly, WA, a Longitudinal Analysis of Prisoner and Solitary Populations in Washington State, 2002-2017

Publication • 2020

Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

Justice Quarterly, WA, a Longitudinal Analysis of Prisoner and Solitary Populations in Washington State, 2002-2017 Justice Quarterly ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjqy20 Opening the Black Box of Solitary Confinement Through Researcher–Practitioner Collaboration: A Longitudinal Analysis of Prisoner and Solitary Populations in Washington state, 2002–2017 David Lovell , R. Tublitz …

HRDC v. DOJ, WA, Complaint, DEA FOIA, 2020

Filing • May 5, 2020

HRDC v. DOJ, WA, Complaint, DEA FOIA, 2020 Case 2:20-cv-00674 Document 1 Filed 05/05/20 Page 1 of 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 8 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a Washington nonprofit corporation, 9 Plaintiff, 10 v. 11 12 …

WA Office of Corrections Ombuds, COVID-19 Monitoring Visit to MCC Report, 2020

Publication • April 17, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

WA Office of Corrections Ombuds, COVID-19 Monitoring Visit to MCC Report, 2020 STATE OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONS OMBUDS 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW  Olympia, Washington 98505  (360) 664-4749 April 17, 2020 Steve Sinclair, Secretary Department of Corrections (DOC) Office of the Corrections Ombuds (OCO) Monitoring Report Enclosed …

Washington Supreme Court Announces PRP Petition ‘Final’ Upon Issuance of Certificate of Finality to Allow Tolling of Federal Habeas Clock

Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020

Filed under: Restraints, Speedy Trial Clock - Tolling of

Washington Supreme Court Announces PRP Petition ‘Final’ Upon Issuance of Certificate of Finality to Allow Tolling of Federal Habeas Clock by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Answering a question certified to the Court by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Washington held on …

Sealed Records Open for View

Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020

Filed under: State Legislation, Expungement/Removal, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

Sealed Records Open for View by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Washington state has over 5,500 sealed juvenile records that are once again accessible to law enforcement agencies across the nation after a last-minute amendment for “officer safety” was added to a 2015 bipartisan sentencing reformation bill. Tony Calero conducted …

Lambert v. Kittitas County, WA, Complaint, Medical Care Cost, 2020

Brief • March 12, 2020

Filed under: Medical, Medical Expenses

Lambert v. Kittitas County, WA, Complaint, Medical Care Cost, 2020 2 3 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR YAKIMA COUNTY 4 5 ROBERT MIKEL LAMBERT, Plaintiff, 6 V. 7 8 9 Cause No. KITTITAS COUNTY, a municipal corporation; CLAYTON MYERS, in his official capacity …

Washington Supreme Court Remands for Resentencing Where State Failed to Prove Criminal History

Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020

Washington Supreme Court Remands for Resentencing Where State Failed to Prove Criminal History by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an enbanc decision, the Supreme Court of Washington reversed and remanded for resentencing where the State failed to prove a defendant’s criminal history beyond a reasonable doubt. A jury convicted …

Washington Supreme Court Affirms Reversals of Murder Convictions, Overrules Townsend

Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020

Washington Supreme Court Affirms Reversals of Murder Convictions, Overrules Townsend by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In these consolidated cases, the Supreme Court of Washington overruled State v. Townsend, 15 P.3d 145 (Wash. 2001), and affirmed, albeit on different grounds, the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the felony-murder …

Washington Supreme Court Affirms Warrantless Search of CSLI Data but Holds Convictions for Both First-degree Rape and Felony Murder Predicated on Rape Violate Double Jeopardy

Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020

Filed under: Search warrants, Double jeopardy

Washington Supreme Court Affirms Warrantless Search of CSLI Data but Holds Convictions for Both First-degree Rape and Felony Murder Predicated on Rape Violate Double Jeopardy by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Washington affirmed the warrantless search of Bisir Bilal Muhammad’s real-time cell-site location information (“CSLI”) based …

Washington Supreme Court Announces Rules for Trial Courts When Implicit Racial Bias Alleged in Jury Decision

Article • January 21, 2020 • from CLN February, 2020

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Trials

Washington Supreme Court Announces Rules for Trial Courts When Implicit Racial Bias Alleged in Jury Decision by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Washington announced procedural rules for trial courts to follow when a post-verdict motion for new trial alleges implicit racial bias of a juror or …

Washington Supreme Court: Failure to Pay Fines Don’t Increase Sentencing Score

Article • December 17, 2019 • from CLN January, 2020

Filed under: Sentencing

Washington Supreme Court: Failure to Pay Fines Don’t Increase Sentencing Score by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Washington held that time spent in jail for failure to pay court fines does not count against an offender at sentencing for a new crime. Matthew T. Schwartz pleaded …

Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Amended Complaint, Debit Release Cards, 2019

Filing • August 9, 2019

Filed under: Money/Property

Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Amended Complaint, Debit Release Cards, 2019 Case 3:17-cv-05848-RBL Document 100 Filed 08/09/19 Page 1 of 28 HON. RONALD B. LEIGHTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 JEFFREY REICHERT, and …

State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 9

Publication • August 1, 2019

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Private Phone Contractors

State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 9 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 9 This Amendment is made by the Washington State Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “Department,” and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor,” for the purpose of amending …

Snohomish County Pays $1 Million Settlement in Death of Man in Chemical Cloud

Article • July 7, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Protect (Staff), Police

Snohomish County Pays $1 Million Settlement in Death of Man in Chemical Cloud by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Snohomish County, Washington, agreed to pay Michelle Vincent $1 million to settle her claim that the county killed her husband Michael with a chemical cloud. On April 21, 2011, Sergeant Rogers …

Washington Supreme Court Rules Attenuation Doctrine Inapplicable Where Police Illegally Seize Person Followed by Ferrier Warnings and Consent to Search, Evidence Must Be Suppressed

Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019

Filed under: Searches, Police

Washington Supreme Court Rules Attenuation Doctrine Inapplicable Where Police Illegally Seize Person Followed by Ferrier Warnings and Consent to Search, Evidence Must Be Suppressed by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Washington held that the federal attenuation doctrine is not incompatible with the exclusionary rule of article …

Ninth Circuit: Washington State Accomplice Liability Drug Offenses Not ACCA Predicates

Article • June 17, 2019 • from CLN July, 2019

Ninth Circuit: Washington State Accomplice Liability Drug Offenses Not ACCA Predicates by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that Washington state’s accomplice liability statute renders the state’s drug trafficking law too broad to serve as an Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”) …

Washington police officer certifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Washington police officer certifications Case # 02-002 02-003 02-004 Name Hick, David, W Hogan, Dallas, C Myers, Matthew Agency King Co. SO Thurston Co. SO Yakima PD Disposition Revocation Revocation Revocation Hearing No No No Date 12/11/2002 2/9/2004 2/3/2003 Snohomish Co. SO Pierce Co. SO Seattle PD Stevens Co. SO …

The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington, Columbia Legal Services, 2019

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Medical, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington, Columbia Legal Services, 2019 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN The Untold Stories of Jail Deaths in Washington May 2019 Columbia Legal Services advocates for laws that advance social, economic, and racial equity for people living in poverty. www.columbialegal.org For more information about this …

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #9 2019-2020

Kickback publication • 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring

Washington DOC - JPay Amendment #9 2019-2020 State of Washington Department of Corrections Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 9 This Amendment is made by the Washington State Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “Department,” and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor,” for the purpose of amending the …