Opinion ID: 1119446
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Heading: issues

Text: (1) Was Initiative 593 enacted in violation of Article II, Section 37 of the Washington State Constitution? (2) Was the Initiative enacted in violation of Article II, Section 19 of the Washington State Constitution? (3) Does the Persistent Offender Accountability Act violate the Bill of Attainder Clause of the federal constitution, Article I, Section 10, or Article I, Section 23 of the state constitution? (4) Was the life sentence imposed without statutory authority? (5) Does the Persistent Offender Accountability Act violate the separation of powers doctrine? (6) Is the Act unconstitutionally vague or does it violate equal protection guarantees? (7) Is the life sentence cruel under Article I, Section 14 of the Washington State Constitution, or cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution? (8) Did the procedures employed by Snohomish County violate due process by not affording formal notice of the charge, a jury trial at the sentencing proceeding, and proof beyond a reasonable doubt of the fact of the Defendant's prior convictions?