In re Pers. Restraint of Cross (Majority)
Annotate this CaseDayva Cross pled guilty to killing his wife and two of her three daughters in 2001 for which he was sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the sentence after direct review. In his first personal restraint petition challenging the judgment and sentence, Cross contended, among other things, that an "Alford" plea was insufficient to support capital punishment and asked the Supreme Court to vacate his sentence and remand to the trial court with direction that the Alford plea be set aside. After review, the Court held that a capital sentence could be predicated on an Alford plea and denied that portion of Cross' personal restraint petition.
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