Supreme Court Calendar

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Terrance Hall

Melinda Young/James Whisman/Jeffrey Dernbach

Christine Jackson/Kathryn Ross

SYNOPSIS: Whether the State can move to vacate an invalid conviction, against the defendant’s objection, and recharge the defendant for the same crime, after the defendant has been tried and completed his sentence.

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Felipe Ramos
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State of Washington
     v.
Mario Alejandro Medina

Jeffrey Dernbach/Andrea Vitalich

Thomas Kummerow

Jeffrey Dernbach

Suzanne Elliott

SYNOPSIS: Whether defendants whose convictions for second degree felony murder were vacated under In re Personal Restraint of Andress, 147 Wn.2d 602, 56 P.3d 981 (2002), may be recharged with first degree manslaughter without violating the mandatory joinder rule, CrR 4.3.1(b)(3), or double jeopardy principles.

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
John Shannon Codiga

Teresa Chen

David Gasch

SYNOPSIS: Whether an “additional criminal history” clause in a plea agreement precluded the defendant from challenging his guilty plea where a higher than anticipated sentence resulted from a mutual mistake as to the defendant’s criminal history.  Whether the trial court is required to verbally confirm that the defendant understands certain elements of the plea.

Case No. 4 - 78963-1

COUNSEL

In re Detention of

Sheldon Martin,
          Petitioner.

Joseph Baker

Melanie Tratnik/Malcolm Ross

SYNOPSIS: The Thurston County prosecutor committed Sheldon Martin as a sexually violent predator based on an offense he committed in Oregon. The court must decide if the sexually violent predator law permits a county prosecutor to commit a person who never committed any offense in that prosecutor’s county.