http://www.pelleylawgroup.com Criminal Defense Lawyer for Seattle, Washington. Felony and misdemeanor attorney, working to achieve the best results. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:25:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/interview-on-medical-cannabis-legal-issues-in-2012 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/interview-on-medical-cannabis-legal-issues-in-2012#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:31:19 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/?p=2261 ]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/interview-on-medical-cannabis-legal-issues-in-2012/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/us-v-mckinley http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/us-v-mckinley#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 18:39:55 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/?p=2206 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/us-v-mckinley/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-11-25-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-11-25-11#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:54:30 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=449 The following criminal cases of note were decided this week:
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State v. Duncalf:  The Court upheld the jury’s general and special verdicts, finding that the two could be harmonized.  The Court reasoned that the special verdict, a finding of an aggravating circumstance that authorized the imposition of an exceptional sentence, could be harmonized with the general verdict convicting Mr. Duncalf of a crime inferior in degree ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-11-25-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-11-18-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-11-18-11#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:21:09 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=447  
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Personal Restraint of Coats:   The court reviewed a challenge to Mr. Coats’ judgment and sentence that was brought fourteen years after the fact when Mr. Coats claimed that the document erroneously states that the maximum sentence for the crime committed, conspiracy to commit murder, was life in prison. The Court found that there was in fact an error in ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-11-18-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/criminal-case-law-update-11-11-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/criminal-case-law-update-11-11-11#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:07:11 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=443 Washington State Law
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In Re Detention of Danforth: The Court found that Mr. Danforth’s actions in describing to an officer in the King County Sheriff’s Office his history of sex offenses and explicitly outlining his plans to molest boys and have intercourse with a child reasonably could be interpreted as a threat. The Court reasoned that Mr. Danforth’s repeated statements that he would act ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/criminal-case-law-update-11-11-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-11-3-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-11-3-11#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:17:37 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=440 The following criminal cases of note were decided this week:
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State v. Immelt: The Court overturned Ms. Immelt’s conviction for violating a noise ordinance by sounding her car horn at length in front of a neighbor’s house in the early morning hours. The Court found that the ordinance, which prohibits horn honking for a purpose other than public safety, or originating from an officially sanctioned parade ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-11-3-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-21-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-21-11#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:57:08 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=437 “Writing and Research for Washington Attorneys”
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State v. Ibarra-Cisneros: The court reversed Mr. Ibarra-Cisneros’s conviction for possession of cocaine based on an unlawful search of his brother and co-defendant’s cell phone. The Court agreed with the Court of Appeals that the search of Mr. Ibarra-Cisneros’ home was unlawful and the subsequent evidence seized as a result of the subsequent search of the cell phone ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-21-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-14-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-14-11#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:21:44 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=434 “Writing and Research for Washington Attorneys”
The following criminal cases of note were decided this week:
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Washington State Supreme Court
State v. Perez-Valdez: The Court affirmed Mr. Perez-Valdez’s conviction for one count of second degree rape of a child and one count of third degree rape of a child, finding proper two evidentiary decisions made by the trial court. The Court determined that the defense called witnesses who ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-14-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-7-11 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-7-11#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:52:10 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=432 “Writing and Research for Washington Attorneys”
The following criminal cases of note were decided this week:
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Washington State Supreme Court
State v. Robinson: The Court found that the trial court properly allowed Mr. Robinson to withdraw his guilty plea after learning that his juvenile convictions, which he had believe had washed out, would in fact count toward his offender score, significantly increasing his statutory sentencing range. The ...]]> http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/case-law-update-week-ending-10-7-11/feed 0 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/dv-policy http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/dv-policy#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:27:02 +0000 Aaron Pelley http://washingtonstatecriminaldefense.com/?p=424 http://www.pelleylawgroup.com/seattle-criminal-defenseblog/dv-policy/feed 0