STATE v. CIENFUEGOS

No. 70003-6.

25 P.3d 1011 (2001)

144 Wash.2d 222

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Guillermo W. CIENFUEGOS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 5, 2001.

Reconsideration Denied August 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Williams Nelson, Attorney at Law, Mount Vernon, WA, for appellant.

Thomas Verge, Skagit County Prosecutor, Erik Pedersen, Deputy, Mount Vernon, WA, for respondent.


CHAMBERS, J.

Guillermo Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos) was convicted of escape. The primary issue raised by Cienfuegos in his appeal is whether counsel's failure to request a diminished capacity instruction was ineffective assistance of counsel. He also contends that Washington State's system for jury pool selection is unconstitutional and failed to provide an ethnically representative jury panel. We hold that he has failed to meet...

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