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STATE v. BASSETT

No. 94556-0.

428 P.3d 343 (2018)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Brian M. BASSETT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed October 18, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Paige Joseph , King County Prosecutor's Office, 516 3rd Avenue, Suite W554, Seattle, WA 98104-2362, for Petitioner.

Eric William Lindell , Lindell Law Offices, PLLC, P.O. Box 379, Redmond, WA 98073-0379, for Respondent.

Nancy Lynn Talner , Vanessa Torres Hernandez , ACLU of Washington, 901 5th Avenue, Suite 630, Seattle, WA 98164-2086, for Amici Curiae ACLU, Campaign For Fair Sentencing of Youth, Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators, Mothers Against Murderers Association.

Nicholas Brian Allen , Nicholas Broten Straley , Columbia Legal Services, 101 Yesler Way, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104-2528, for Amicus Curiae (Columbia Legal Services).

Lorraine K. Bannai , Robert S. Chang , Melissa R. Lee , Jessica Levin , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Avenue, Korematsu Center For Law & Equality, Seattle, WA 98122-4411, for Amicus Curiae (Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and E quality).

Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107, for Amicus Curiae (Juvenile Law Center).

Bonnie Alison Linville , Teamchild, 32 N. 3rd Street, Suite 410, Yakima, WA 98901-2789, for Amicus Curiae (Teamchild).

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis , Law Office of Alsept & Ellis, 621 SW Morrison Street, Suite 1025, Portland, OR 97205-3813, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers).

Hillary Ann Behrman , The Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Place South, #610, Seattle, WA 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae (Washington Defender Association).

¶ 1 At issue here is the constitutionality of sentencing juvenile offenders to life in prison without the possibility of parole or early release. The State appeals a Court of Appeals, Division Two decision holding that the provision of our state's Miller1-fix statute that allows 16- and 17-year...

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