State v. Allen: Free Speech vs. Fair Trial
The Washington State Supreme Court recently handed down an opinion in the State of Washington v. Darcus Dwayne Allen, involving Mr. Allen’s appeal of his conviction for First Degree Murder as Maurice Clemmons’ alleged getaway driver in the notorious murder of four Lakewood police officers in November 2009.
Several spectators in the courtroom arrived wearing T-shirts that read “You will not be…