State of Washington v. Karrlee Theresa Clements

FILED AUGUST 2, 2018 In the Office of the Clerk of Court WA State Court of Appeals, Division III IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION THREE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) No. 35112-2-III Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) OPINION PUBLISHED KARRLEE THERESA CLEMENTS, ) IN PART ) Appellant. ) SIDDOWAY, J. — Dicta in the Washington Supreme Court’s 1931 decision in Beglinger v. Shield expressed then-prevailing common law that once a jury’s verdict is accepted and the jury is discharged, “‘[t]he power of a jury over their verdict . . . ceases . . . and they cannot be recalled to alter or amend…