State v. Pierce

This opinion was filed for/ecord /FTCEV X IN CLERKS OPFICE X ■UnSE COURT. amiE CF WMH^QTON Susan L. Carlson JAW 0 9 212^ Supreme Court Clerk " GmBFJusnce / IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, No. 96344-4 (consolidated with No. 96345-2) V. KARL EMERSON PIERCE, Respondent. STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, Ffs'l JAN 0 9 20211 V. MICHAEL WILLIAM BIENHOFF, Respondent. Gonzalez, J.—Our constitutions separate power into many hands. Among those hands are the hands of the jury. CONST, art. I, § 22; U.S. Const, amend. VI. Juries are just as vital a check on…