MATTER OF GARCIA-MENDOZA

No. 98026-8.

479 P.3d 674 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of Alejandro GARCIA-MENDOZA, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: January 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teymur Gasanovich Askerov , Black & Askerov, PLLC, 705 2nd Ave. Ste. 1111, Seattle, WA, 98104-1720, for Petitioner.

Seth Aaron Fine , Snohomish Co. Pros. Ofc., 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA, 98201-4060, for Respondent.

Evelyn Cruz Sroufe , Thomas W. Hillier II , Perkins Coie LLP, Carolyn Suzanne Gilbert , Attorney at Law, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, Mark Bruns Middaugh , Attorney at Law 600 University St. Ste. 3020 Seattle, WA, 98101-4105, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Evelyn Cruz Sroufe , Thomas W. Hillier II , Perkins Coie LLP, Carolyn Suzanne Gilbert , Attorney at Law, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, Enoka Herat , ACLU-WA, 901 5th Ave. Ste. 630, Seattle, WA, 98164-2086, Nancy Lynn Talner , ACLUWA, P.O. Box 2728 Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Aclu of Washington.

Evelyn Cruz Sroufe , Thomas W. Hillier II , Perkins Coie LLP, Carolyn Suzanne Gilbert , Attorney at Law, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, Ann E. Benson , WA Defenders Assoc., 110 Prefontaine Pl. S. Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

Evelyn Cruz Sroufe , Thomas W. Hillier II , Perkins Coie LLP, Carolyn Suzanne Gilbert , Attorney at Law, 1201 3rd Ave. Ste. 4900, Seattle, WA, 98101-3095, Tim Henry Warden-Hertz , Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, 1119 Pacific Ave. Ste. 1400, Tacoma, WA, 98402-4324, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Northwest Immigrant Rights Project.


¶1 The right to effective assistance of counsel is a foundational part of the compact between each of us and our state. See WASH. CONST. art. I, § 22; State v. A.N.J., 168 Wn.2d 91, 96, 225 P.3d 956 (2010); Gideon v. Wainwright,<...

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