State v. Ahluwalia

Petitioner Jatinder Singh Ahluwalia seeks review of an unpublished decision of the Court of Appeals, Division One, which affirmed his King County Superior Court conviction for second degree murder under RCW 9A.32.050(1)(a) upon retrial after a mistrial following a trial for first degree murder (on which he was found “not guilty”) and second degree murder (on which the jury could not reach a verdict).1

The Court of Appeals concluded the second degree murder instruction given by the trial court was proper; the double jeopardy provisions of the United States and Washington constitutions were not…