STATE v. SHALE

No. 90906-7.

345 P.3d 776 (2015)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Howard John Evans SHALE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 19, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Michael Edward Haas , Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney, Port Townsend, WA, for Respondent.

Pamela Beth Loginsky , Washington Assoc. of Prosecuting Atty., Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Association of Pros. Attorneys.

Fronda Colleen Woods , Wash. Atty. Genl. LAL Div., Jay Douglas Geck , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Attorney General.


¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether Washington State has the power to prosecute an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation living on the Quinault Indian Nation's reservation for failing to register with the county sheriff as a sex offender. We find the State has that power and affirm.

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¶ 2 Howard Shale...

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