In 1996, Jerry Brock was convicted at trial of Child Molestation in the First Degree and sentenced to life without parole as a “third strikes” persistent offender. Mr. Brock filed many appeals and personal restraint petitions. In 2012, Mr. Brock’s victim recanted her allegations, stating she lied in order to obtain her mother’s attention, and Read More…
Author: Jan Olson
Courts Need Clarity When Multiple Crimes Can be Tried Together State v. Krause (#84599-3-1 Unpublished)
This is an unpublished case discussed here because Mr. Krause got four rape charges reversed and remanded! Division One appears to be inviting further review by the Washington Supreme Court. The State always desires, and the criminal rules permit, trial of multiple, separate criminal offenses against a defendant in a single trial for “judicial economy.” Read More…
Victim’s Wishes Can’t Force Court to Give Child Rapist Treatment Instead of Prison State v. McCabe (Division Two #59173-1-11) Unpublished
Joshua McCabe was convicted after jury trial of First and Second Degree Child Molestation and Second Degree Incest. At McCabe’s second sentencing, McCabe requested a suspended prison sentence, utilizing Washington’s Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative, commonly known as a ‘SSOSA’. McCabe’s daughter did not want her father to go to prison, and supported the SSOSA, Read More…