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State v. Eggleston 

Trial start date
January 29, 1998

Judge
Kitsap County Superior Court Judge Leonard Kruse

Prosecuting attorneys
Lilah Amos and Jim Schacht

Defense attorneys
Monte Hester and Zenon Olbertz

Number of jurors removed
2 during deliberations

Length of prosecution case
March 10, 1998 – April 20, 1998

Length of defense case
April 21, 1998

Date of closing arguments
May 13, 1998

Length of deliberations
5 days

Date verdict announced
May 20, 1998

Verdict
Guilty second degree murder
  VERDICT NOT GUILTY MURDER 1ST
  VERDICT SPECIAL/ RE:
  VERDICT GUILTY MURDER 2ND
  VERDICT SPECIAL DW - YES

Sentencing hearing date
July 2, 1998

Sentence
29 years

Appeal hearing date
April 16, 2001

Appeal defense attorneys
Eric Nielsen and Eric Broman

Appeal prosecuting attorneys
Barbara Corey-Boulet

Appeal opinion date
September 14, 2001

Appeal opinion
Murder and assault convictions overturned

Errors in both trials

Defense’s crime reconstructionist
Kay Sweeney

Prosecutor’s crime reconstructionist
Rod Englert

TNT (The News Tribune) writers
Hector Castro, Bruce Rushton, Elaine Porterfield, Cheryl Reid, Sarah Duran
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