Sealing Juvenile Sexual Assault Adjudications [“State v. J.C.”] J.C. was 13 when he did volunteer work at a preschool. He became involved with two younger children, a girl and boy, age 5. He started his abuse of them by exposing himself. Both children eventually exposed themselves to J.C. One of the children did not want Read More…
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Misdemeanor Assault with “Sexual Motivation”
Misdemeanor Assault with “Sexual Motivation” In February 2014, Michael McNearney was in the lounge of a local Spokane hotel with his date. It was later reported that he and his female companion made unwelcome sexual comments to a cocktail waitress. At some point the waitress walked past Mr. McNearney and he reached under her server Read More…
Tales from the [Criminal] Trenches
“Get Immunity!” A very recent appellate case, State v. Powell, at 193 Wn.App. 112 (March 2016), touches on many issues commonly seen in Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative (“SSOSA”) cases. Ironically, Steven Craig Powell (“Mr. Powell”) had not received a SSOSA, but, instead, a 30-month prison sentence after conviction to 12 counts of voyeurism. After Read More…