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Rebecca Pennell

Judge, Court of Appeals of Washington

Rebecca Pennell is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Washington, serving since 2016. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure
Since 2016 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2016Court of Appeals of Washington––

Judicial Record

In our data, Pennell authored 19 published opinions for the court (2016–2017), plus 2 dissents and 2 concurrences. Most cited: State of Washington v. Sergio Magana, Jr. (42 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 23 of these were attributed to Pennell by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
2016State of Washington v. Sergio Magana, Jr.†197 Wash. App. 18942
2016In re the Termination of: IM.- M. & Z.M. - M.†196 Wash. App. 91442
2017State of Washington v. Mario Torres†198 Wash. App. 68526
2016State of Washington v. Daniel Blizzard†195 Wash. App. 71725
2017Christy Jo Lyle v. Keith James Lyle†199 Wash. App. 62920
2016State Of Washington v. Joshua J. Clark· Dissent†195 Wash. App. 86815
2017State of Washington v. Mahadi H. Aljaffar†198 Wash. App. 7513
2016State of Washington v. Thomas Lee Weatherwax· Dissent†193 Wash. App. 66713
2016State of Washington v. John Mark Crowder†196 Wash. App. 86110
2017State of Washington v. Jose Luis Sosa†198 Wash. App. 1769
2017Personal Restraint Petition of Eddie Dean Arnold†198 Wash. App. 8428
2017State of Washington v. Patrick Gale Wilson†198 Wash. App. 6328
2017State of Washington v. Jose Jesus Mancilla†197 Wash. App. 6318
2016State of Washington v. Eric Daniel Cruz†195 Wash. App. 1207
2016State of Washington v. Scott Michael Williams†193 Wash. App. 9067

Showing the 15 most-cited of 23 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Washington reach the bench?
The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is Rebecca Pennell on?
Rebecca Pennell is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Washington.

Sources

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10 years on the Court of Appeals of Washington. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).