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STATE v. WILLIS

No. 73345-7.

87 P.3d 1164 (2004)

151 Wash.2d 255

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Alvin Eugene WILLIS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy P. Collins, WA Appellate Project, Seattle, Arthur Cohen, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for Petitioner.

Deborah A. Dwyer, King county Pros. Office, Appellate Unit/Seattle, for Respondent.

Jacqueline McMurtrie, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (The Innocence Project Northwest)

David Allen, Cassandra L. Stamm, Allen Hansen & Maybrown PS, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)

CHAMBERS, J.

A jury convicted Alvin Eugene Willis of two counts of first degree rape of a child. He was given a life sentence without possibility of parole under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA), former 9.94A.120(4)(1998). Willis asks us to vacate his conviction on the grounds the trial court improperly excluded expert testimony regarding the use of child witness interview techniques. Additionally he seeks review of his sentence on the grounds statutory...

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