Legal Opinion
State v. Moretti
Washington Supreme Court
Decided August 15, 2019No. 95263-9; 95510-7; 96061-5PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFairhurst, C.J.
*813¶1 Under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA), the third time a person is convicted of a "most serious offense," they must be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
*814RCW 9.94A.030(38)(a), .570. This statute is colloquially known as the "three strikes and you're *611out" law. State v. Thorne, 129 Wash.2d 736, 746, 921 P.2d 514 (1996). These three cases each ask whether it is constitutional to apply the POAA to people who were in their 30s or 40s when they committed their third strike but were young adults when they committed their first strike.
¶2 We hold that it…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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3Cited by21 opinions
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