Legal Question in Criminal Law in Washington

Amendments

my girlfriend was charged with several things last year one of the charges was poss of meth but the RCW #was 69.50.401 her first attorney quit so she was appointed a new one we both told her that the rcw # was the wrong one and I dont claim to know alot about the law but I do know that RCW #'s have to be right she told my girlfriend that dont mean nothing well she lost and now is doing 1yaer and a day and after she was sentanced her so called Attorney sent us some paperwork that say's ''STIPULATED ORDER AMENDINGJUDGMENT AND SENTENCE '' It is not dated or signed by the Judge it is signed bvy her attorney but not dated while her trial was going on I bought 2 sets of her casefile on different days and some of the papers were canged like RCW #'s were pincled in then at a later date they went back to like the first set I bought is it legal for the courts to do this without my girlfriend being in the courtroom or not even having knowage of it and is there some kind of recourse we can take


Asked on 2/23/07, 5:17 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
James J. White, attorney Law Offices of Smith & White, PLLC

Re: Amendments

This case is difficult to analyze because there are so many fact specific details. The bottom line is that she may have a legal issue because of the faulty charging document (which would likely result in dismissal if won) or a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel which would result in a new trial if won. However, to give you a definitive answer regarding your options and chances I'd have to review lots of the documentation from your case. If you would like to set up a consultation we can certainly do that. My consultation fee is $200. How much time has she done so far? To follow up with this question contact me directly.

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Answered on 2/26/07, 6:19 pm


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