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Douglas Dean Scyphers v. Washington
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, No. 41141-9-III · judgment May 15, 2025
Questions presented
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. Does evidence qualify as newly discovered and material under federal standards when a defendant discovers evidence post-trial - including statements from the issuing judge that he did not sign or authorize a search warrant/ that no original warrant exists/ and no application was filed - corroborated by court records/ requiring invalidation of the warrant/ suppression/ reversal of convictions/ and void all further proceedings after the warrant ?
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. Does a search warrant bearing only a facsimile signature of a judge/ without evidence of actual authorization or an original document/ satisfy the , Fourth Amendment's requirement for issuance by a neutral magistartez particularly where the judge later disavows it ?
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. May a defendant reasonably rely on the facial validity of a search warrant bearing a judge's facsimile signature/ issued by. a Judicial Officer/ . without pre-trial investigation into its authenticity/ where no basis for doubt existed until post-trial revelations ?
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. Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause require suppression of evidence and reversal of convictions where post-trial evidence reveals that state actors may have fabricated a search SCYPHERS, Writ iii
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Douglas Dean Scyphers
For respondent
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Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jul 20 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Jun 24 2026DISTRIBUTED.
- Jun 04 2026Petition for Rehearing filed.
- May 26 2026Petition DENIED.
- May 06 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
- Dec 09 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 23, 2026)