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STATE v. CHAPPLE

No. 70637-9.

36 P.3d 1025 (2001)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Damon L. CHAPPLE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided December 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Backlund & Mistry, Jodi R. Backlund and Manek R. Mistry, Chehalis, for Petitioner.

Christopher Shea, Clallam County Prosecutor, Loren Oakley, Deputy, Port Angeles, for Respondent.

BRIDGE, J.

During his trial for second degree rape of a fellow prisoner, Damon Chapple was removed from the courtroom because of his disruptive and dangerous conduct. Chapple asserts that his exclusion violated his federal and state constitutional rights to be present at trial and his right to testify.

We hold that the trial court did not violate Chapple's constitutional rights to testify and be present at trial when it removed him from the courtroom. In so...

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