IN RE ORANGE

No. 72485-7.

100 P.3d 291 (2004)

152 Wash.2d 795

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Christopher A. ORANGE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided November 10, 2004.

As Amended on Denial of Reconsideration January 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheryl McCloud, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Steven M. Lowe, Franklin County Prosecutor, Frank Jenny, Deputy, James Floyd Bell, Roach & Petersen, LLP, Pasco, for Respondent.

David Wright Tremaine, Marshall Nelson, Michele Earl-Hubbard, Jeffrey Fisher, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington, Cowles Publishing Company, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tacoma News Tribune, Daily Herald Company, Seattle Times Company.


OWENS, J.

In this personal restraint petition, we are asked to decide whether the trial court's closure of the courtroom during voir dire violated defendant Christopher A. Orange's constitutional right to a public trial and, if so, whether the error, raised on collateral review, necessitates remand for a new trial. We also must decide whether Orange's convictions for first degree attempted murder and first degree assault of the same victim, Marcel Walker, violated...

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