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STATE v. LOPEZ

No. 94418-1.

410 P.3d 1117 (2018)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Oscar Raul LOPEZ, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed February 15, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Paul Trejo Jr. , The Trejo Law Firm, Inc., 701 N. 1st St., Ste. 100, Yakima, WA, 98901-2296, Rick Hernandez , Hernandez Law Office, P.O. Box 1039, Sunnyside, WA, 98944-3039, for Petitioner.

James Morrissey Whisman , Prosecuting Atty. King County, King County Prosecutor's Office, 516 3rd Ave., W554 King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA, 98104-2385, for Respondent.

Thomas E. Weaver Jr. , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 1056, Bremerton, WA, 98337-0221, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

¶ 1 The trial court found that Oscar Lopez's lawyer was "fairly obvious[ly]" "severely handicapped" by depression during the pretrial and trial phases of Lopez's case.1 That finding was supported by the trial court's own observations of defense counsel's performance — and sometimes failure...

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