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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 10:29:55+00:00

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SAND is a partner of Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP and is licensed to practice in Washington and Oregon.
He focuses his practice on civil litigation, with emphasis on securities, employment, and other commercial matters. He was recently inducted as a fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers. Sand can be reached at 503-205-2475 or at tom.sand@millernash.com. The author gratefully acknowledges the research and writing assistance of Sharae Wheeler.
1. Wash. Const. art. I, § 22; State v. Kolocotronis, 73 Wash. 2d 92, 436 P.2d 774 (1968); State v. Hahn, 106 Wash. 2d 885, 726 P.2d 25 (1986).
2. See In re Personal Restraint of Rhome, 172 Wash. 2d 654, 260 P.3d 874 (2011).
3. The standard of competence to stand trial was established in Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960). Under Dusky, a defendant is competent to stand trial only if he understands the nature of the charges against him and is capable of rationally assisting in his own defense.
4. In the interests of privacy and brevity, names have been changed and minor details have been modified.
5. He could have been charged with one count of reckless endangerment or assault.
6. Robin A. LaDue and Tom Dunne, “Legal Issues and the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome,” 3 FEN Pen 6 (Fall 1995).
7. Timothy E. Moore and Melvyn Green, “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A Need for Closer Examination by the Criminal Justice System,” 19 Crim. Rep. 6th (Can.) 99-108 (July 2004).
9. The accomplice, Joe, who drove the getaway car after the shooting, was sentenced to one year and one day, later reduced to seven months.
10. Rhome, 172 Wash. 2d 654.
11. Hahn, 106 Wash. 2d at 895 (citing State v. Jones, 99 Wash. 2d 735, 741, 664 P.2d 1216 (1983)).
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Not necessarily the public’s idea of a criminal defense lawyer. Yet to me these qualities are essential. We’re all human. People make mistakes. My job is to tell the whole story, the human story. The law must be compassionate to be just.
I recently defended a young man.
Terminally ill, with extensive criminal history, he’s the sole parent of a toddler. Facing a five year sentence on a four count felony, he likely would have died in prison. I fought for him, asserting that his life is larger than his mistakes. The Judge agreed. He and his family have a second chance.
14. Id. at 665 at n. 3 (“[A] defendant’s mental health status is but one factor a trial court may consider in determining whether a defendant has knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel, but they do not require us to find that an independent determination of competency for self-representation is a constitutional mandate”).
15. Kolocotronis, 73 Wash. 2d at 99.
16. In re Meade, 103 Wash. 2d 374, 693 P.2d 713 (1985).

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