Legal Opinion
State v. Vreen
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 21, 2001No. 69550-4PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanders, J.
Division Three of the Court of Appeals held the defendant was erroneously denied a peremptory challenge and such error cannot be harmless. Accordingly it reversed James A. Vreen’s convictions for vehicular homi*925cide and vehicular assault, remanding for a new trial. State v. Vreen, 99 Wn. App. 662, 994 P.2d 905 (2000). We agree.
Facts
Shortly after midnight on November 2, 1997, 20-year-old James A. Vreen and five teenagers drove toward People’s Park in Spokane. While en route the driver failed to negotiate a particularly sharp curve causing the car to hit a guardrail, fly off the embankment, and…
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