Washington Court of Appeals Reverses Murder Conviction Due to Prejudicial PowerPoint by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Washington Court of Appeals, Division I determined that the use of specific PowerPoint slides intended to establish the characters of defendant and victim and their actions in conformity therewith amounted to prosecutorial …
Two-Party Consent Law Forces Dismissal of 61 Cases in Washington Sting by Sixty-one of 110 men arrested in an ambitious prostitution sting in Bellevue, Washington in August 2017 have had their cases dismissed. Police who made the arrests recorded audio of part of the operation in violation of Washington state …
Washington Supreme Court Grants Full Evidentiary Hearing for Civilly Committed SVP by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The en banc Supreme Court of Washington held that a civilly committed sexually violent predator (“SVP”) was entitled to an evidentiary hearing. The State failed to carry its burden of making a prima …
$1.75 Million to Settle Case of Police Beating That Led to Brain Damage by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The guardian of a Seattle man who suffered brain damage as a result of a police beating has settled a federal civil rights claim for $1.75 million. On May 29, 2010, …
Public Records Relating to Sex Offender Registry Not Exempt from Disclosure, Washington Court Rules by Lonnie Burton On April 7, 2016, the Washington State Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, overturned the ruling of a trial court that held sex offender registry information was exempt from disclosure under the state …
Washington Supreme Court: Jail Not Responsible for Crimes Committed by Ex-Prisoner by On September 22, 2016, a split Washington Supreme Court reversed a Court of Appeals ruling and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the families and victims of a shooting instigated by a former jail …
Washington Supreme Court Holds Riding Lawnmower Not Motor Vehicle Under Theft Statute by The Washington Supreme Court held that, as a matter of law, a riding lawnmower is not a motor vehicle for purposes of the state’s theft of a motor vehicle statute. In 2015, Joshua Barnes was arrested forattempting …
Reichert v. Keefe Commissary Network, WA, Complaint, Debit Release Cards, 2017 Case 3:17-cv-05848-RBL Document 1 Filed 10/20/17 Page 1 of 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 Jeffrey Reichert, individually and on behalf of all others …
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 5 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 5 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “Department,” and JPay, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the “Contractor,” for the purpose of …
State of Washington DOC Contract-JPay, Amendment No. 6 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. K8262 Amendment No. 6 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, for the purpose of unilaterally amending the abovereferenced Contract, heretofore entered into between …
State of Washington DOC Contract-FSH Communications, LLC Amendment No. 7 State of Washington Department of Corrections This Amendment Contract No. CDOC6840 Amendment No. 7 is made by the state of Washington, Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as Department, and Value-Added Communications, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Contractor, for …
Attorney General Rob McKenna - Opinion re Legality of Nisqually Jail Service Agreement, 2016 Legal Opinion of Former Attorney General Rob McKenna orrick Memo To Ed Budge From Rob McKenna Melanie D. Phillips Date October 3, 2016 Re Legality of Nisqually Jail Service Agreement I. QUESTION PRESENTED Is the Nisqually …
Vera Institute of Justice - Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons, 2017 August 2017 Closing the Distance The Impact of Video Visits in Washington State Prisons Léon Digard, Jessi LaChance, and Jennifer Hill This study was supported by Award Number 2012-IJ-CX-0035, awarded by the …
Office of the Washington State Auditor - Correctional Industries Planning, Pricing and Market Share, 2017 Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy Performance Audit Correctional Industries: Planning, pricing and market share May 4, 2017 In Washington, about one-third of all inmates released will reoffend or violate conditions of their …
All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests, 2012 THE ALL-IN-ONE GUIDE TO DEFEATING ICE HOLD REQUESTS ( a.k.a. Immigration Detainers ) Credits & Acknowledgements Author: Lena Graber, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild Editors: Ann Benson, Washington Defenders Association, Angela Junck, Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Paromita Shah, National …
Office of the Washington State Auditor - Whistleblower Investigation Report, 2017 Whistleblower Investigation Report Department of Corrections Published March 13, 2017 Report No. 1018764 Office of the Washington State Auditor Pat McCarthy March 13, 2017 Jody Becker-Green, Acting Secretary Department of Corrections Report on Whistleblower Investigation Attached is the official …
WA Attorney General - Public Records Act Violations Records, 2015 1 found in violation of the Public Records Act during the specified time period cannot be related 2 to the allegations in Plaintiff's complaint. For similar reasons, this interrogatory is overly 3 broad and unduly burdensome. Plaintiff has equal access …
