MATTER OF FORCHA-WILLIAMS

No. 100051-1.

520 P.3d 939 (2022)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of: Derrius FORCHA-WILLIAMS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed December 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy R. Meckling , King County Prosecutor's Office, 516 3rd Ave. Ste. W554, Seattle, WA, 98104-2390, for Petitioner.

Jeffrey Erwin Ellis , Law Office of Alsept & Ellis, 621 Sw. Morrison St. Ste. 1025, Portland, OR, 97205-3813, for Respondent.

Randall Avery Sutton , Kitsap County Prosecutor's Office, 614 Division St., Port Orchard, WA, 98366-4614, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.


¶1 A jury found Derrius Forcha-Williams guilty of second degree rape for an incident that occurred when he was 16 years old. He was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence with a minimum term of 120 months and a maximum term of life. On collateral review, the Court of Appeals held Forcha-Williams was entitled to resentencing because...

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