In re Pers. Restraint of Yates (Majority and Concurrence)
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Petitioner Robert Yates, Jr. filed a personal restraint petition following the Supreme Court's decision to affirm his death sentence. Petitioner was sentenced in 2000 to 408 years in prison for thirteen counts of aggravated first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder. In 2002, Petitioner was convicted of two counts of aggravated first degree murder, for which he received the death penalty. Petitioner raised 25 grounds for relief covering a host of legal issues, including procedural errors at trial, ineffective assistance of counsel, juror bias and public trial rights. The Court found that no merit to any of Petitioner's claims, and dismissed Petitioner's restraint petition.
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