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STATE v. YATES

No. 73155-1.

168 P.3d 359 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Robert Lee YATES, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Kummerow, Gregory Link, Nancy Collins, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Kathleen Proctor, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 At trial in 2002, Robert Lee Yates Jr. was convicted of the 1997 aggravated first degree murder of Melinda L. Mercer and the 1998 aggravated first degree murder of Connie L. Ellis. At the special sentencing hearing, the jury found insufficient mitigating circumstances to warrant leniency. Yates was sentenced to death. He appeals his convictions and sentence. Finding no reversible error in the guilt or penalty phases, we affirm the judgment and sentence...

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