State v. Thompson

FILE THIS OPINION WAS FILED FOR RECORD AT 8 A.M. ON AUGUST 28, 2025 IN CLERK’S OFFICE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON AUGUST 28, 2025 SARAH R. PENDLETON SUPREME COURT CLERK IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) Respondent, ) No. 103338-9 ) v. ) En Banc ) LESTER P. THOMPSON JR., ) ) Filed August 28, 2025 ) MUNGIA, J.—The issue raised in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals has the authority to allow a nonparty to intervene in a criminal appeal when that nonparty was allowed to intervene at trial and the appellate intervention is limited to the same…