Legal Opinion
State v. Manussier
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 8, 1996No. 61906-9PublishedCited by 218 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
— Appellant George W. Manussier appeals his mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole under the "three strikes law” of RCW 9.94A.120(4) following his plea of "guilty” in the Pierce County Superior Court to second degree robbery. He challenges on various state and federal constitutional grounds the validity of the "three strikes law,” enacted by the Legislature in 1994 after approval of Initiative 593 by the people of Washington in 1993. We affirm.
QUESTIONS PRESENTED
The questions presented in this case are whether Initiative 593 (1) was adopted in violation of…
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