Mr. Admire was charged with and convicted of a felony violation of a no contact order (‘NCO’) and resisting arrest. On appeal, Mr. Admire claimed for the first time that the criminal complaint (“Information”) was constitutionally defective because it omitted an essential element of the crime he allegedly committed. Division III agreed and reversed his Read More…
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Tales From the Trenches An Order That’s “Not Authoritative” Judge George Fearing Letter
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 App. 2d 1040 (2023), which was an unpublished opinion.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…
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…