A friend at Washington State Penitentiary has been incarserated now for 11yrs. He is needing a lawyers help and asked me to look for one for him. I don't know what type of lawyer I should be looking for. He has done extensive research on his own and came up with 10 points to start. From 1. No Competency Hearing, 2. Not properly providing treatment, 3. Ineffective assistance of counsel, 4. Offering an invalid plea agreement contrary to Washington laws, 5. Altering a plea agreement
6. Invalid confession, 7. Evidence did not support the murder 1 charge, 8. Discrimination against a mentally disabled person, 9. Malicious prosecution, 10. Conspiracy
This poor guy still has 17yrs to go any help would be greatly appreciated.

e mail law on this , he is a new job , and isnt here like he was b4 !!

he maybe can tell u , i would say if anyone writes someone in that state , workd of mouth be better then a net search !
e mail me , i will see if any of the folks i know , have washington , contacts wap in title , please hotmail same name !

Quite simply, he would need a criminal trial attorney with experience in appellate work.

Thanks for the info. I've emailed lots of lawyers and notta. So even gettin a reply is cool, lol. Thanks again!

Since my friend hasn't been able to find an attorney to help, where should he start. Should he try the civil case or go for the appeal? He wants to start stuff on his own but needs a place to start. Would it be wiser to start the civil matter since it lead up to his murder 1 conviction? Also does anyone know of a prior case where the state is shown responsible for defendents(mental) care. (He was ordered to go to an inpatient alcohol treatment facility but was kicked out after three days. The third day they told him to call someone to come pick him up because he was a duel diagnosis and was a danger to himself and others. He went back to DSHS and applied for funding to get the mental health treatment. He filled out a questionnaire and had an interview. He was denied funding. That was 1 year to the month before the murder 1 charge.) Thought that Riggins v. Nevada was the one but that deals with refusing treatment or meds. HELP!