Washington v. Kalebaugh (Majority and Concurrence)
Annotate this CasePetitioner Chadwick Kalebaugh appealed his first degree child molestation conviction and claimed reversible error based on the trial judge's misstatements regarding the meaning of "reasonable doubt" in his preliminary remarks to the jury venire. Petitioner did not object, and raised the issue for the first time on appeal. The Supreme Court, in its review of the matter, reached the unpreserved error because it was a manifest constitutional error under RAP 2.5(a)(3). However, the Court affirmed because the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
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