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Washington Defendant Improperly Denied Transcript at State Expense
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2014, page 27
The Washington State Supreme Court held in a November 8, 2012 en banc ruling that an indigent defendant was improperly denied a jury voir dire transcript.When appealing his convictions for first-degree murder, second-degree murder and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, Merle William Harvey requested a jury ...
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