Washington Supreme Court Reaffirms Workman’s Lesser Included Offense Test and Clarifies Confusion in its Application by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Washington reaffirmed that State v. Workman, 584 P.2d 382 (Wash. 1978), provides the appropriate test in determining whether a defendant is entitled to a lesser …

Illinois Supreme Court Announces Predicate Offenses of Home Invasion Statute are Lesser-Included Offenses of Home Invasion Statute by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Illinois ruled that the predicate offenses of the home invasion statute, 720 ILCS 5/12-11 et seq., are lesser-included offenses of that statute. A …