MATTER OF BROOKS

No. 97689-9.

480 P.3d 399 (2021)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of Carl BROOKS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: February 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Charles Link , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave. Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98101-1683, for Petitioner.

Timothy Norman Lang , Holger Kurt Sonntag , Office of the Attorney General, 1125 Washington St. Se, Olympia, WA, 98501-2283, for Respondent.

Nancy Lynn Talner , Antoinette M. Davis , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Aclu of Washington.

Nicholas Brian Allen , Attorney at Law, 101 Yesler Way Ste. 300, Seattle, WA, 98104-2528, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Columbia Legal Services.

Marsha L. Levick , Riya Saha Shah , Juvenile Law Center, 1800 Jfk Boulevard, Suite 1900 B, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Juvenile Law Center.

David Ventura Montes , Attorney at Law, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 250, Seattle, WA, 98104-1765, La Rond Baker , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Department of Public Defense.

Jessica Levin , Melissa R. Lee , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave. Korematsu Center For Law & Equality, Robert S. Chang , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.

Mary Ann Scali , Serena E. Holthe , National Juvenile Defender Center, 1350 Connecticut Avenue Nw, Suite 304, Washington, DC, 20036, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of National Juvenile Defender Center.

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.

Alexandria Marie Hohman , The Washington Defender Association, 110 Prefontaine Pl. S. Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98104-2626, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.


¶1 Our state and federal constitutions recognize that "children are different." Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 480, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L. Ed. 2d 407 (2012); State v. Bassett, 192 Wn.2d 67, 81-82, 428 P.3d 343 (2018); State v. Houston...

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