Washington Supreme Court· 4/9/2015

State v. MacDonald

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183 Wash. 2d 1
346 P.3d 748

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highlighting that Washington’s crime victims’ rights do not abrogate a defendant’s due process right and are not to be considered in a vacuum but must be considered together with a defendant’s due process right
investigating officers function as arm of prosecution and thus are agents of prosecution bound by prosecutor’s promises under plea agreement
investigating officer’s unsolicited testimony attacked each point favoring the plea agreement
“we adhere” to the holding in Sanchez that an investigating officer “may not undermine a plea agreement”
\Harmless error review does not apply when the State breaches a plea agreement.\

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Judges: Fairhurst, González, Johnson, Madsen, McCloud, Owens, Stephens, Wiggins

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