Colleen DAVISON, legal guardian for K.B., a minor, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, and Gary Murrell, Respondents,
v.
STATE of Washington and Washington State Office of Public Defense, Petitioners.
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Filed June 25, 2020.
Filed June 25, 2020.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jeffrey Todd Even , Office of the Attorney General, Solicitor General Division Attorney General, Attorney at Law, Po Box 40100, 1125 Washington St. Se, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Eric Andrew Mentzer , Office of the Attorney General, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. Sw, Tumwater, WA, 98501-6503, for Petitioners.
Marsha L. Levick , Jessica Feierman , Juvenile Law Center, 1315 Walnut Street Suite 400, 4th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, Kimberly Noel Gordon , Law Offices of Gordon & Saunders PLLC, 1000 2nd Ave., Suite 3140, Seattle, WA, 98104, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Juvenile Law Center, National Legal Aid and Defender Association.
Neil Martin Fox , Law Office of Neil Fox, PLLC, 2125 Western Ave. Ste. 330, Seattle, WA, 98121-3573, Roy L. Austin , Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, 1919 M Street Nw, Suite 800, Mary Ann Scali , NJDC, 1350 Connecticut Avenue Nw, Suite 304, Washington, DC, 20036, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Juvenile Defender Center.
Paul J. Lawrence , Sarah Stewart Washburn , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties.
STEPHENS, C.J.
¶1 This class action cuts to the heart of Washington's system of indigent criminal defense. The plaintiff class sued the State of Washington and the Office of Public Defense (OPD), alleging ongoing violations of the right to counsel in Grays Harbor County Juvenile Court. They premise state liability not only on alleged systemic...
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