MATTER OF RHONE

No. 101204-7.

528 P.3d 824 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of Theodore R. RHONE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed May 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lise Ellne , Attorney at Law, P. O. Box 2711, Vashon, WA, 98070-2711, for Petitioner.

Theodore Michael Cropley , Pierce County Pros. Attorney's Office, 930 Tacoma Ave. S. Rm. 946, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2171, for Respondent.

Jazmyn Clark , La Rond Baker , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Brian Richard Flaherty , King County Dept. of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200 Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Department of Public Defense.

Sheri M. Oertel , Washington Defender Association, 810 S. 3rd Ave., Suite 258, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis , Law Office of Alsept & Ellis, 621 Sw. Morrison St. Ste. 1025, Portland, OR, 97205-3813, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


¶1 All defendants have a right to be tried before a jury selected by nondiscriminatory criteria. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 85-86, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69 (1986). Race discrimination in jury selection violates the Fourteenth Amendment's...

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