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MATTER OF LEWIS

No. 99939-2 consol. w/99941-4.

523 P.3d 760 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Personal Restraint of Justin LEWIS, Petitioner. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Robert L. Ayerst, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed February 2, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lise Ellner , Attorney at Law, P. O. Box 2711, Vashon, WA, 98070-2711, for Petitioners.

Benjamin Curler Nichols , Asotin County Pros. Attorney's Office, Curtis Lane Liedkie , Attorney at Law, P. O. Box 220, Asotin, WA, 99402-0220, Jaime Kiona Young , Attorney at Law, 135 2nd St., Asotin, WA, 99402-9532, for Respondents.

John Ballif Midgley , Nancy Lynn Talner , ACLU of Washington Foundation, P. O. Box 2728, Seattle, WA, 98111-2728, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.

Jeffrey Todd Even , Washington Attorney General's Office, P. O. Box 40100, 1125 Washington St. Se, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Office of Public Defense.

Robert Charles Boruchowitz , Seattle University School of Law, 901 12th Ave., Seattle, WA, 98122-4411, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of The Defender Initiative.

Alexandria Marie Hohman , The Washington Defender Association, 810 Third Avenue, Suite 258, Seattle, WA, 98104, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Defender Association.

¶1 The issue presented here is whether a lawyer who is licensed in Idaho but not in Washington is nevertheless a lawyer for purposes of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Petitioners Robert Ayerst and Justin Lewis were represented at their criminal trials by Robert Van Idour. Though a licensed attorney in Idaho...

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