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STATE v. HOUSTON-SCONIERS

NO. 92605-1.

391 P.3d 409 (2017)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Zyion HOUSTON-SCONIERS, Petitioner. State of Washington, Respondent, v. Treson Lee Roberts, Petitioner. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Zyion Houston-Sconiers, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed March 2, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie C. Cunningham , Attorney at Law, 4616 25th Ave. N.E., # 552, Seattle, WA, 98105-4183, Kathryn A. Russell Selk , Russell Selk Law Office, 1037 N.E. 65th St., Seattle, WA, 98115-6655, for Petitioner.

Michelle Hyer , Pierce County Prosecutor, 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Rm. 946, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2102, Thomas Charles Roberts , Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney, 930 Tacoma Ave. S., Rm. 946, Tacoma, WA, 98402-2171, for Respondent.

Travis Stearns , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave., Ste. 701, Seattle, WA, 98101-3647, Nancy Lynn Talner , Attorney at Law, 901 5th Ave., Ste. 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2008, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of ACLU of Washington.

Hickory Maimonides Gateless , Center for Children & Youth Justice, 615 2nd Ave., Ste. 275, Seattle, WA, 98104-2245, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Center for Children & Youth Justice.

Suzanne Lee Elliott , Attorney at Law, 705 2nd Ave., Ste. 1300, Seattle, WA, 98104-1797, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Robert S. Chang , Lorraine K. Bannai , Jessica Levin , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Korematsu Center for Law & Equality, Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law & Equality.

Anne Aiping Lee , TeamChild, 1225 S. Weller St., Ste. 420, Seattle, WA, 98144-1906, George Yeannakis , Office of Public Defense, P.O. Box 40957, Olympia, WA, 98504-0957, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of TeamChild.

Amanda Elizabeth Lee , Law Office of Amanda Lee, 810 3rd Ave., Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98104-1619, Cindy Arends Elsberry , Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Pl. S., Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

Nicholas Brian Allen , Attorney at Law, 101 Yesler Way, Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98104-2528, Melissa R. Lee , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Korematsu Center For Law & Equality, Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Columbia Legal Services.

Aaron Bartlett , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 5000, 1013 Franklin St., Vancouver, WA, 98666-5000, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Charles Christian Sipos , David A. Perez , Alexander Mitchell Fenner , Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Ave., Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3099, Robert S. Chang , Jessica Levin , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Korematsu Center for Law & Equality, Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.

Nikkita Oliver , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 20796, Seattle, WA, 98102-1796, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Creative Justice.

Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, Nancy P. Collins , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave., Ste. 701, Seattle, WA, 98101-3647, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Juvenile Law Center.

Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, Nancy P. Collins , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave., Ste. 701, Seattle, WA, 98101-3647, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Juvenile Defender Center.

¶1 "[C]hildren are different." Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2470, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). That difference has constitutional ramifications: "An offender's age is relevant to the Eighth Amendment, and [so] criminal procedure laws that fail to take defendants' youthfulness...

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