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STATE v. LOUGHBOM

No. 97443-8.

470 P.3d 499 (2020)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Gregg A. LOUGHBOM, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: August 20, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corey Evan Parker , The Appellate Law Firm, 300 Lenora St., Ste. 900, Seattle, WA, 98121, for Petitioner(s).

Jeffrey S. Barkdull , Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney, 450 Logan, Po Box 874, Davenport, WA, 99122-0874, Adam Walser , Attorney at Law, 38278 Angels Landing Rd. N., Ford, WA, 99013-9524, for Respondent(s).

¶ 1 We are asked to decide whether a prosecutor committed reversible error when they repeatedly invoked the phrase, "war on drugs" during a one-day jury trial, without objection by the defendant. We hold that the State's framing of Gregg Loughbom's prosecution as representative of the war on drugs denied Loughbom a fair trial and constitutes...

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