Legal Opinion

State v. Hale

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided August 5, 2008No. 35928-6-IIPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtVan Deren, C.J.

¶1 Dale Hale appeals his convictions and exceptional sentences for second degree assault and attempting to elude a police vehicle. He argues that (1) the trial court abused its discretion by imposing an exceptional sentence, (2) the exceptional sentencing statute is unconstitutional, (3) the trial court violated his speedy trial rights, (4) the State produced insufficient evidence to prove that he committed second degree assault, and (5) the prosecutor committed misconduct. We affirm.

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¶2 On April 27, 2006, while Ronald Clark, the chief criminal deputy for the Pacific County sheriff’s…

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2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  4. State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  5. State v. ChapmanWashington Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by6 opinions

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