STATE v. TESFASILASYE

No. 100166-5.

518 P.3d 193 (2022)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Amanuel TESFASILASYE, aka: Amanuel Tesfasilasye-Goitom, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: October 6, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavriel Gershon Jacobs , King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 516 3rd Ave., Ste. W554, Seattle, WA, 98104-2362, for Respondent.

La Rond Baker , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, Katherine Elizabeth Hurley , Brian Richard Flaherty , 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.

La Rond Baker , Nancy Lynn Talner , Jazmyn Clark , American Civil Liberties Union of Wash., P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, Katherine Elizabeth Hurley , Brian Richard Flaherty , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave., Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of WA.

La Rond Baker , American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, P.O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, Katherine Elizabeth Hurley , Brian Richard Flaherty , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave., Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, 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.

Catherine A. West , King County Bar Association, 1200 5th Ave., Ste. 700, Seattle, WA, 98101-1116, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Voice.


¶1 Racial bias has long infected our jury selection process. State v. Jefferson, 192 Wn.2d 225, 240, 429 P.3d 467 (2018) (plurality opinion). As part of our efforts to reduce racial bias in the judicial system, this court enacted GR 37, which directs...

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