State Of Washington v. Michael Thanh Donery

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 79803-1-I ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) MICHAEL THANH DONERY, ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) Appellant. ) ) VERELLEN, J. — A defendant has a constitutional right to an impartial jury. But the trial court’s denial of a defendant’s challenge of a juror for cause does not violate any rights of the defendant if the challenged juror does not sit on the panel, even if the defendant chose to exercise a peremptory challenge. Because neither of the jurors Michael Donery challenged for bias were seated, he fails to establish…