State v. Nickels

This opinion was IN CLIilKN OmCI fiied for record ooun;jm( at^(3k..MonCSA^^ 3oao DATE. «3 I) 2i« Susan L. Carlson juai Supreme Court Clerk IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, No. 96943-4 En Banc DAVID EMERSON NICKELS, Filed JAN 3 y 2020 Respondent. OWENS,J. — This case asks us to revisit the question of whether an elected county prosecutor's prior involvement in a defendant's case should presumptively disqualify the entire prosecutor's office from prosecuting the defendant in the same case. When we first addressed this question in State v. Stenger,…