Corrupt Judge Robert A. Lewis
Robert A Lewis, Clark County, Washington Superior Court Judge Department Nine Dishonorable Robert A. Lewis 564.397.2226 Lewis won re-election in 2016. He was unopposed in the general election on November 8, 2016. A graduate of Western Washington State College and the University of Washington Law School, Judge Lewis practiced law in Camas before his appointment to the court in November 2004. On June 6, 2017, Clark County Superior Court Judge Robert A. Lewis refused to hear a bail reduction request submitted by Pro Se Defendant, John Garrett Smith. The refusal has upheld a $12 million-dollar bail amount, deemed by many to exceedingly excessive, that was set by Lewis nearly two and half years earlier for the attempted murder of his wife. On December 3, 2014, after a 3-day bench trial before Judge Robert Lewis, Garrett Smith was convicted of 2 crimes, Attempted Murder II and Assault II. Smith was later sentenced to 12 years in prison for a crime that did not occur. During the January 30, 2015 sentencing hearing, Lewis RAISED the $10 million-dollar bail amount requested by the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office to $12 million without so much as an objection from Smith’s defense counsel or an explanation from Lewis as to why the increased bail amount. On October 4, 2016 in a unanimous decision, the Washington Court of Appeals Division II REVERSED Smith’s Attempted Murder II conviction but reaffirmed the Assault II conviction, an offense which Smith had already served the maximum sentence range of 15 months. On November 3, 2016, the Clark County Prosecutor’s Office submitted a petition for discretion review to the Washington Supreme Court. On June 8, 2017, the WSC was set to review the petition briefs in chambers. A response from the State… Read More
