Legal Opinion
State v. Watson
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 13, 2005No. 75351-2PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 Fairhurst, J.
On November 26, 2001, the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, Gerald Horne, distributed a memorandum (Horne memorandum) to all Pierce County Superior Court judges, the Department of Assigned Counsel, and the Department of Corrections announcing that, as a general policy, the prosecuting attorney’s office would no *576longer recommend drug offender sentencing alternative (DOSA) sentences according to ROW 9.94A.660. During the subsequent appeal of Charles Watson’s sentence, the Court of Appeals held sua sponte that the Horne memorandum was an ex parte communication, although…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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