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9:00 A.M. |
Olympia |
Thursday, May 9, 2002 |
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Case No. 1 - 71251-4 |
COUNSEL |
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In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
John Tortorelli |
James Lobsenz
Lynn Prunhuber |
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court breached its duty to declare the law when it permitted opinion testimony that log patrol licenses (see former chapter 76.40 RCW) were not legally transferable. |
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Case No. 2 - 71676-5 |
COUNSEL |
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State of Washington,
v.
Timothy Linehan |
Keith Scully
Francisco Rodriguez |
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SYNOPSIS: Whether, in this first degree theft prosecution, the jury was correctly instructed on the definition of theft by means of "exerting unauthorized control" and, if not, whether the error was harmless. |
1:30 P.M.
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Case No. 3 - 71485-1 |
COUNSEL |
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Barbara J. Bell,
v.
State of Washington |
Janet Rice/Mark Leemon
Paul Triesch/Catherine Hendricks
Michael Lynch |
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SYNOPSIS: Whether, in this action claiming negligent supervision of a parolee, the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the burden of proof at a parole revocation hearing, or by refusing to strike testimony about that standard by a former member of the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board. |
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Case No. 4 - 71557-2 |
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Regional Disposal Company, et al.
v.
City of Centralia |
David Wiley/Dana Ferestien
David Myre/Joseph Genster
Mark Calkins
Michael Ruark
Shannon Murphy |
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the City of Centralia's tax on the business of transferring solid waste from trucks to railroad cars is preempted by federal railroad law, is unconstitutionally vague, conflicts with state solid waste management statutes, or unlawfully imposes a tax on counties or on revenues derived from activities conducted outside city limits. |
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