State v. Cienfuegos

— Guillermo Cienfuegos was convicted of escape. The primary issue raised by Cienfuegos in his appeal is whether counsel’s failure to request a diminished capacity instruction was ineffective assistance of counsel. He also contends that Washington State’s system for jury pool selection is unconstitutional and failed to provide an ethnically representative jury panel. We hold that he has failed to meet the requirements to prevail on either contention and affirm his conviction.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Cienfuegos has the unenviable credential of being a long time drug user. He started taking drugs as…