Legal Opinion

State v. Fain

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 2, 1980No. 46357Published

1Opinion of the Court

94 Wn.2d 387 (1980)

617 P.2d 720

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

JIMMY FAIN, Petitioner.

No. 46357.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 2, 1980.

William L. Denend and Michael A. Dunn, for petitioner.

C. Danny Clem, Prosecuting Attorney, and Kenneth G. Bell and Warren K. Sharpe, Deputies, for respondent.

WILLIAMS, J.

Petitioner Jimmy Fain was found by a jury to be a habitual criminal under RCW 9.92.090. The trial court sentenced him to a term of life imprisonment pursuant to the statute, and he is currently serving that sentence in the state reformatory at Monroe. Following his…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Rummel v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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