Washington Appellate Judge George Fearing served more than twelve years on the Division III Court of Appeals panel. On May 11, 2023 Judge Fearing wrote a concurring/dissenting opinion in State v Vaile, 26 Wn. App. 2d 1040 (2023), which was an unpublished opinion. Mr. Vaile was charged with two counts of Assault in the Third Read More…
Author: Jan Olson
Tales From The Trenches Scary Things Involving Child Porn & A.I.
I recently had a conversation with Sr. Deputy Prosecutor Laura Harmon, who supervises state prosecutions of child pornography crimes for King County, Washington. In light of the rapid developments of A.I. in child pornography cases, I had questions about potential clients’ local jeopardy and called Ms. Harmon. As an example, consider the case of a Read More…
TALES FROM THE TRENCHES Juvenile Tried as Adult / Murder Conviction Overturned State v. Luna (Superior Court #103251-0)
An incredibly long decision by an unanimous Washington Supreme Court covers incredibly sad and dark facts about the circumstances surrounding two 16-year-old girls in a fight that got deadly. Lola Felipa Luna got into a knife fight with another 16-year-old girl (‘S.P.T.’) she had never met. They “knew” each other through social media. S.P.T. arrived Read More…