STATE v. THIEFAULT

No. 77753-5.

158 P.3d 580 (2007)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Gaylon Lee THIEFAULT, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 17, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Ross Davis, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Seth Aaron Fine, Mary Kathleen Webber, Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office, Everett, WA, for Respondent.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Petitioner Gaylon Lee Thiefault is an inmate sentenced to life with no possibility of parole or early release under Washington's Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981, chapter 9.94A RCW. Thiefault contends that his sentencing counsel was ineffective by failing to object to the superior court's comparability analysis regarding a prior Montana conviction. We hold that the trial court's comparability analysis...

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