State v. Devlin

¶1 The question presented here is whether a substituted party for a deceased criminal defendant on appeal may proceed at public expense under the deceased’s order of indigency. We conclude that the substituted party, Christopher Devlin’s estate, must independently pursue an order of indigency under RAP 15.2(c).1 Accordingly, we vacate the order of indigency granted to Mr. Devlin and remand to the superior court for consideration of the indigency of Christopher Devlin’s estate. Under RAP 15.2(c), the substituted party must demonstrate that the issues on appeal have probable merit and that the…