STATE v. SMITH

No. 102402-9.

555 P.3d 850 (2024)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Nathan Scott SMITH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Filed: September 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew R. Pittman, Snohomish County Pros. Attorney's Office, 3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA, 98201-4046, for Petitioner.

Kate Huber, Washington Appellate Project, 1511 Third Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA, 98101, for Respondent.


¶1 Every person accused of a crime has the right to be tried by an impartial jury. U.S. CONST. amend. VI.; WASH CONST. art. 1, § 22. To safeguard this right, judges must remove jurors for cause when the jurors cannot fairly decide a case, either on a party's motion to strike the juror or on the court's own motion in clear...

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