State v. Mitchell

237 P.3d 282 (2010)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Marilea R. MITCHELL, Petitioner.

No. 83169-6.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued June 29, 2010.

Decided August 12, 2010.

Sarah McNeel Hrobsky, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Seth Aaron Fine, Mary Kathleen Webber, Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, Everett, WA, for Respondent.

SANDERS, J.

¶ 1 The State charged Marilea R. Mitchell with first degree criminal mistreatment after deputies discovered a severely malnourished four-year-old boy in her care. The State's amended information alleged that Mitchell, "a…