Michael Arnold sought to be “resentenced” under Washington Criminal Rule 7.8 and the authority of State v. Houston-Sconiers, 188 Wn 2d 1, 391 P. 3d 409/2017, which came out after Mr. Arnold was convicted of two counts of Child Molestation in the First Degree. The incident occurred between 1999-2005, during which Mr. Arnold was between Read More…
Author: Jan Olson
Don’t Wait for Appeal
Recently went to trial wherein my client was charged with Rape of a Child in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the First Degree. The State had seized my client’s phone years earlier, upon his arrest. Lots of pornography was extracted. On the eve of trial, the State amended its Information to add a Read More…
Juvenile Sex Offender Registration Relief HB 1394
HB 1394, effective July 23, 2023, seeks to make juvenile sex offender registration fairer and more developmentally appropriate for youth. This was a partisan bill passing along party lines, and not entirely favored by the law enforcement community. One feature of the bill was that, by November 2023, there would be a substantial reduction in Read More…