State v. Varnell

170 P.3d 24 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Mitchell Lee VARNELL, Petitioner.

No. 78979-7.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued June 14, 2007.

Decided November 8, 2007.

Eric Broman, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Seth Aaron Fine, Attorney at Law, Charles Franklin Blackman, Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, Everett, WA, for Respondent.

C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case asks us to determine whether a solicitation in a single conversation to murder four people constitutes a single unit of prosecution of solicitation to commit murder. The State charged Mitchell…