Washington State Courts: Washington State Supreme Court Calendar
March 24, 1998
| 9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Tuesday March 24, 1998 |
Case No. 1 -65863-3
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COUNSEL
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City of Redmond
v.
Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, et al. |
James Haney
Marjorie Smitch
Elaine Spencer |
| SYNOPSIS: Does the Growth Management Act’s definition
of "agricultural land" include either the current use of the land or the land
owner’s intent for use of the land?. |
Case No. 2 -65876-5
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Darrin Rand Hutchinson, Sr. |
Hon. William Hawkins
Gregory Canova/ Todd Bowers
Kathryn Ross/Paul Wasson |
| SYNOPSIS: When a defendant who has raised a mental health
defense refuses to be examined by the State's mental health expert, is exclusion of
defense expert witness testimony a proper sanction? |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 -65553-7
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COUNSEL
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Marlene Winchester, personal representative of the Estate of
Thelma Lund, deceased,
v.
John Kenneth Stein, a/k/a Jack Stein, and Michael Lynn Norberg,
State of Washington, ex rel. Arthur D. Curtis,
v.
John Kenneth Stein, also known as Jack Stein, and Michael Lynn Norberg |
John Barlow
Kenneth Selander
Dennis Hunter
Kenneth Selander |
| SYNOPSIS: Whether the exemplary damages and the civil
penalty awarded in the State's criminal profiteering action violated the double jeopardy
rights of the defendants who had previously been convicted of crimes for the same conduct. |
Case No. 4 -65761-1
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Joey Ellis |
Barbara Corey-Boulet/Gerald Costello
Rita Griffith |
| SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court erred in excluding
proffered defense expert testimony on diminished capacity, thus denying the defendant an
opportunity to establish a defense of diminished capacity. |
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convenience of the public only.
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