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The dismissal completes the process after the state Supreme Court declined to hear an Appeals Court decision.

The Washington Supreme Court has declined to hear Chelan County's appeal in the sexual assault case involving Blake Alexander Badgley, resulting in Badgley being cleared of all criminal charges.

A change in state law along with a miscalculation of Jake Van Wyk’s prior criminal record, led the Washington Appeals Court to order his resentencing.

Chelan County contends the appeals court decision is in conflict with previous supreme court decisions on double jeopardy.

Inslee said he spoke to both Republicans and Democrats before setting May 16th as the date for the legislature to begin drafting a new drug possession law.

Inslee set the date of May 16 after conversations with Democratic and Republican legislative leaders.

Many of the state's Republican lawmakers are up in arms over Friday's ruling by the Washington Supreme Court that upholds the constitutionality of a capital gains tax passed by the legislature in 2021. Twelfth District Rep. Mike Steele (R) of Chelan says the court's decision will not only make the legislature's budget writing process more difficult, but it could also end up extending the 2023 sess