Court reverses rulings in murder case again

SEATTLE – The Washington Supreme Court has denied a request to pick a new trial judge in the death-penalty cases against two people charged with killing a family of six in Carnation in 2007.

In a unanimous decision announced late Thursday afternoon, the court also reversed a trial court’s order that would have compelled the prosecutor to amend charging information concerning the case against Michele Anderson and Joseph McEnroe.

This is the third time the Supreme Court has reversed the judge’s rulings in this case.

The request for a new judge came from the prosecutor’s office, which cited troubling rulings by King County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ramsdell.

Anderson and McEnroe have pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated first-degree murder in the slaughter of Anderson’s family – her parents, brother, sister-in-law, and her young niece and nephew.