Legal Opinion
State v. Yates
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 2007No. 73155-1PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
168 P.3d 359 (2007)
STATE of Washington, Respondent,
v.
Robert Lee YATES, Jr., Appellant.
No. 73155-1.
Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.
Argued November 30, 2006.
Decided September 27, 2007.
Thomas Kummerow, Gregory Link, Nancy Collins, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.
Kathleen Proctor, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.
OWENS, J.
¶ 1 At trial in 2002, Robert Lee Yates Jr. was convicted of the 1997 aggravated first degree murder of Melinda L. Mercer and the 1998 aggravated first degree murder of Connie L. Ellis. At the special sentencing…
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