Isaiah W. Newton, Jr. v. State Of Washington

¶1 Isaiah Newton appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the State and denial of his partial summary judgment motion under the Wrongly Convicted Persons Act (Act), chapter 4.100 RCW. Newton filed a lawsuit against the State, seeking compensation for wrongful conviction and incarceration after Division Three of this court reversed his conviction for first degree burglary based on insufficiency of the evidence presented at trial.

¶2 One requirement for the State’s liability under the Act is that the claimant’s conviction be reversed “on the basis of significant new…