Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint of Jeffries
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 5, 1990No. 56153-2PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDore, J.
— This is Patrick James Jeffries' third personal restraint petition challenging his 1983 aggravated first degree murder convictions and death sentence. The court has now considered the petition, the parties' briefs, and the State's motion to dismiss the petition as repetitive. See RAP 16.4(d). We have also reviewed the trial transcript. For the reasons discussed below, we grant the State's motion in part and dismiss the petition in its entirety.
Procedural Background
Petitioner was represented at trial by attorneys Mark Mestel and Walter Sowa. Attorney Brian Phillips, who practices in the same…
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