STATE v. O'DELL

No. 90337-9.

358 P.3d 359 (2015)

183 Wn.2d 680

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Sean Thompson O'DELL, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Charles Link , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Island Co. Prosecuting Atty., Attorney at Law, Coupeville, WA, David Carman , Attorney at Law, Langley, WA, for Respondent.

Nicholas Broten Straley , Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Black Prisoners Caucus.

Nicholas Broten Straley , Columbia Legal Services, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Columbia Legal Services.

Cindy Arends Elsberry , Washington Defender Association, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Defender Association.

Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, Lenell Rae Nussbaum , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for ACLU.

George Yeannakis , Office of Public Defense, Olympia, WA, amicus counsel for Teamchild.

Robert S. Chang , Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law & Equality.

Hickory Maimonides Gateless , Center For Children & Youth Justice, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Center for Children & Youth Justice.

Suzanne Lee Elliott , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Wash Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


¶ 1 Sean O'Dell was convicted of second degree rape of a child and given a standard range sentence of 95 months. O'Dell committed this offense 10 days after his 18th birthday.

¶ 2 O'Dell raises two issues in this appeal: one challenge to his conviction and one challenge to his sentence. With respect to the conviction...

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