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September 10, 1998

9:00 A.M. Olympia Wednesday, September 10, 1998
Case No. 1 -66143-0 COUNSEL
State of Washington,
                     v.
Ellsworth R. Robbins
Karen Calhoun-Wells
Gregory Weber
Aaron Walls

Thomas Weaver, Jr.

SYNOPSIS: Whether Washington's driving under the influence (DUI) law is constitutional. If so, whether the defendant's DUI conviction must be vacated because the jury instructions did not require finding any relationship between the defendant's breath alcohol level while driving and two hours after driving.

Case No. 2 66148-1 COUNSEL
State of Washington,
                     v.
Leonardo Acevado Oseguera, aka Antonio Garcia-Soto
Roy Fore

Thomas Weaver, Jr.

SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court properly denied the motion of Respondent to withdraw his plea of guilty to the charge of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver when the court did not advise Respondent that his sentence would include a mandatory one year term of community placement after his release from prison.

1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 66212-6 COUNSEL
Civil Service Commission of the City of Kelso, Washington,
                     v.
City of Kelso
Guy Bogdanovich

C. LeRoy BordersA

SYNOPSIS: Whether a Civil Service Commission decision rejecting a police officer's appeal from a suspension precluded him from arbitrating a grievance over the suspension, where the collective bargaining agreement gave a right to grievance arbitration but did not require the officer to elect between the two remedies.


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