This case involves truly horrible facts concerning molestation by the Defendant of ‘L.M.’, who he befriended as a volunteer school math tutor. L.M.’s home environment was extremely unstable: she often came to school hungry and unbathed. The Defendant noticed this and started inviting L.M. to his house to play with his children. L.M. soon started Read More…
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State v. J.H.-M. (Supreme Court-Published-102635-8) Minor Adjudicated of Forcible Rape Challenges Probation Condition of No “Sexually Explicit” Material
J.H.-M., a minor, was adjudicated guilty of rape by forcible compulsion after a trial. He was ordered, upon receiving a suspended detention sentence, not to engage with material depicting “sexually explicit conduct”. He challenged this condition as unconstitutionally ‘vague’ and ‘overbroad’. The legal route to Washington’s Supreme Court’s was so long and circuitous, J.H.-M. was Read More…
“My Defense Attorney Was No More Than a Warm Body with a Bar Card” Stave v. Greatreaks (59439-1-11 Division II Published)
Mr. Greatreaks appealed his exceptional virtual life sentence for Rape of a Child in the First Degree and two counts of Child Molestation in the First Degree. He argued an usual theory: he was constructively denied legal counsel! The authority he utilized was U.S. v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648 (1984). Mr. Greatreaks argued his defense Read More…