129 Wash. 2d 652
Decided August 8, 1996
Washington Supreme Court · decided 1996-08-08
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Decided 1996-08-08
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably State v. Thorne (1996), State v. Cotton (2000)
4 federal appellate · 74 state decisions
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¶1(dissenting) — I join Justice Madsen’s dissent, however, write separately to restate my view expressed in my dissenting opinion in State v. Rivers, 129 Wn.2d 697, that the "Persistent Offender Accountability Act,” also known as "Three Strikes and You’re Out,” unconstitutionally imposes cruel punishment contrary to Washington Constitution article I, section 14, and is therefore invalid on its face.
¶2Reconsideration denied October 24, 1996.