State Of Washington v. Kenneth Lane Slert

FILED COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION II 2015 AUG 26 PM 12: 52 STATE OF WASHINGTON BY Y -- IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 40333 -1 - II Respondent, V. KENNETH LANE SLERT, PUBLISHED OPINION JOHANSON, C. J. — On remand, our Supreme Court asks us to consider whether the trial court' s violation of Kenneth Lane Slert' s constitutional right to be present when several jurors were excused outside his presence was harmless error. Slert argues that the error was not harmless because the State cannot demonstrate that these excused jurors had no chance…