Ill-intentioned misconduct by deputy prosecutor means new trial for accused killer
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2 hrs ago Alexis Krell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Apr. 1 A man sentenced for a gruesome attack that killed his mother at their Tacoma home needs a new trial because of a Pierce County deputy prosecutor s misconduct, an appellate court said this week.
Sebastian Levy-Aldrete argued on appeal that he didn t get a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct, and a three-judge panel of Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals agreed Tuesday. The cumulative effect of these repeated instances of misconduct were substantially likely to have affected the verdict, Judge Lisa Sutton wrote for the panel. Thus, we hold that Levy-Aldrete has met his burden to show reversible prosecutorial misconduct.
An appellate court in Washington state said this week that a man who was sentenced in a gruesome attack resulting in his mother's death in 2017 will get a new trial because of prosecutorial misconduct.