Legal Opinion
Robert Patrick Powell v. Kenneth Ducharme, Superintendent, Washington State Reformatory
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 9, 1993No. 92-35427PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the issue of whether the State of Washington’s retroactive application of a law authorizing the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board to set minimum.terms of incarceration for inmates serving mandatory life sentences is a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause, of the United States Constitution.
I
In 1975, Robert Patrick Powell was convicted in the State of Washington for first degree murder. Following a jury trial, Powell was sentenced by the trial judge to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
*712At the time Powell was convicted, Washington law…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Dobbert v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- In the Matter of Personal Restraint of PowellWashington Supreme Court · 2004
- Kenneth D. Oxborrow, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Norman Carlson, Respondents-Appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Creech v. AraveCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- David L. Murtishaw v. Jeanne Woodford, Warden of the California State Prison at San QuentinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
- Christopher C. Little v. Jacqueline Crawford Frankie Sue Del PapaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
- State v. McCarthyCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2002
- Gentry v. SinclairDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2008
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