STATE v. MORGENSEN

No. 36853-6-II.

197 P.3d 715 (2008)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Melvin John MORGENSEN Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

December 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Anton Leraas, Grays Harbor Co. Pros. Office, Montesano, WA, for Respondent.

Manek R. Mistry, Jodi R. Backlund, Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.


QUINN-BRINTNALL, J.

¶ 1 A jury found Melvin John Morgensen Jr. guilty of felony harassment. Morgensen appeals his conviction, claiming that the trial court erred when it played an audiotape of the entire trial testimony to the jury during deliberations. Morgensen also contends that the trial court violated the appearance of fairness doctrine when Judge Craddock D. Verser indicated that he may have represented Morgensen previously and during sentencing commented...

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