Washington State Courts: Washington State Supreme Court Calendar
Tuesday, January 11, 2000
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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Tuesday, January 11, 2000
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Case No. 1 -66719-5
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Antonio Perez-Cervantes
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John Neeb
John Cross
Judith Mandel
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a defendant in a murder trial has a right to argue cause of death to the jury when the defendant allegedly stabbed the victim, but the medical examiner testifies that accute drug abuse contributed to the victim's death one week after the stabbing.
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Case No. 2 -68216-0
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COUNSEL
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In re the Recall Petition of
Cathy Pearsall-Stipek, Pierce County Auditor
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Dale Washam
Joseph Quinn
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SYNOPSIS: Are charges against Pierce County Auditor Cathy Pearsall-Stipek, which allege that she was untruthful about her educational background, factually and legally sufficient to support a recall election.
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1:30 P.M.
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Case No. 3 -67451-5
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COUNSEL
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City of Bremerton,
v.
Karl Widell and Larry Blunt
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Pamela Loginsky
W. David Rovang
Eric Fong
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a defendant charged with criminal trespass for entering a housing authority complex in violation of an exclusion order may challenge the validity of that order, and if so, whether the orders in this case, and the housing authority policy underlying them are valid under the common law of property, the first amendment to the federal constitution and the Washington and federal due process clauses.
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Case No. 4 -67948-7
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Mihai Bobic and Igor Stepchuk
Ion Bobic and Himai Martenuic,
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Henry Corscadden, III
Charles Sainsbury/Susan Storey
James Dixon
Stella Paterson/Nancy Collins
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a single agreement to commit multiple offenses may be prosecuted as several separate violations of the conspiracy statute.
Whether one of the defendants has standing to challenge the search of a storage unit rented to a third person, which contained evidence used to convict him. If so, was the search a violation of his right to privacy?
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