Interesting Gunwall case on article 1, section 22.

State v. Martin is not an article 1, section 7 case, but is an interesting case anyways.  Using the Gunwall analysis, the Washington Supreme Court holds that article 1, section 22, should be analyzed independently of the sixth amendment.  The majority nonetheless basically follows federal interpretation and affirms the conviction.  Still, it provides a path for future arguments that go beyond the sixth amendment.  Here are links to the majority, concurrence, and dissenting opinions.

Judges on Writing.

Bryan Garner (the god of legal writing if you weren't aware) has videos of interviews he's done with judges on writing.  It includes Supreme Court justices too.  He has also released a transcription of his interviews with the Supreme Court justices. Check out the videos here.  Check out the transcription here.

Long time no post.

I think I'll start adding to the blog again.