Legal Opinion
State v. Chen
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 5, 2013No. 87350-0Published
1Opinion of the Court
FILE IN CLERKS OFFICE. aJPR!:ME CCURT, STA1'1! OF WASHINGTON 77&~~, CHIEF TICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) No. 87350-0 Respondent, ) ) v. ) EnBanc ) LOUIS CHAO CHEN, ) ) Petitioner. ) ) Filed _SEP 05 2013 C. JOHNSON, J.-The central issue in this case is the apparent conflict between a statutory requirement that arguably limits disclosure of competency evaluations prepared pursuant to chapter 10.77 RCW and our state constitutional requirement that "[j]ustice in all cases shall be administered openly." WASH. CONST. art. I, § 10. Once the competency…
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