IN RE NETHERTON

Nos. 83925-5, 84035-1.

306 P.3d 918 (2013)

177 Wn.2d 798

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Lorraine K. NETHERTON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Kent Ford , Attorney at Law, Rita Joan Griffith , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Heidi Joanne Jacobsen-Watts , King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, Ann Marie Summers , King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

¶ 1 Lorraine Netherton was convicted of second degree murder. The trial court erroneously imposed a firearm sentence enhancement based on the jury's "deadly weapon" finding. Because one or more of her appellate counsel misapprehended who was representing Netherton at a critical stage of her direct appeal, Netherton lost the opportunity to obtain reversal of the firearm enhancement under State v. Recuenco...

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