Washington v. Davis (Majority, Dissent and Concurrence/Dissent)
Annotate this CaseIn 2009, Maurice Clemmons shot and killed four Lakewood police officers. Clemmons contacted petitioners Eddie Davis and Letrecia Nelson shortly after the shootings. Based on their actions following that contact, petitioners were convicted of rendering criminal assistance and possessing a firearm. A divided Washington Supreme Court would have held that there was sufficient evidence presented at trial to support Davis' and Nelson's convictions for possession of a stolen firearm, and Davis' conviction for second degree unlawful possession of that firearm, but this was not the decision of the Court. The Court did hold that the aggravating factor found in RCW 9.94A.535(3)(r) could not justify an exceptional sentence for rendering criminal assistance as a matter of law. The result of three opinions of the Court for this case was to reversed the Court of Appeals and remanded for further proceedings.
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