State v. Zwald Joel Duane Zwald was convicted after jury trial of 3rd Degree Child Molestation, 2nd Degree Child Molestation, and 2nd Degree Rape of a child. On appeal, he argued the trial prosecutor committed reversible misconduct during closing argument and the court improperly commented on trial evidence by instructing the jury that to convict Read More…
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Don’t Wait to Seek Resentencing Under The Houston-Sconiers Opinion
Michael Arnold sought to be “resentenced” under Washington Criminal Rule 7.8 and the authority of State v. Houston-Sconiers, 188 Wn 2d 1, 391 P. 3d 409/2017, which came out after Mr. Arnold was convicted of two counts of Child Molestation in the First Degree. The incident occurred between 1999-2005, during which Mr. Arnold was between Read More…
Don’t Wait for Appeal
Recently went to trial wherein my client was charged with Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree. The State had seized my client’s phone years earlier, upon his arrest. Lots of pornography was extracted. On the eve of trial, the State amended its Information to add a Read More…