State v. Peltier

This ~~inion was fll~ for ret?ord at. ~ OOfrfV\ on~, ;).J.ftML~ '~¢~ R. Ronald Carpenter Supreme Court Cierk IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 89502-3 ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ) En Bane JOSEPH A. PEL TIER, ) ) Respondent. ) Filed AUG 2 1 2014 ) ) FAIRHURST, J.-This case is about whether a defendant can relinquish the rights conferred by the statute of limitations in a pretrial agreement. We hold that a defendant may expressly waive the criminal statute of limitations in a pretrial agreement when the statute of limitations on the underlying charge has not…