Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Tuesday, May 21, 2002

Case No. 1 - 71489-4

COUNSEL

Barbara Corey-Boulet

Sean Wickens

SYNOPSIS: Whether a trial court must hold an evidentiary hearing before admitting contested evidence of prior uncharged acts under ER 404(b).

Case No. 2 - 71536-0

COUNSEL

Gregory Nelson

Timothy Hamill
Kevan Montoya

SYNOPSIS: Whether this industrial insurance claim against an interstate trucking company was properly dismissed based on the common carrier exemption from mandatory industrial insurance coverage (RCW 51.12.095(1)), where the claimant truck driver, injured during an interstate trip, averred that he did not know of or consent to his employment by this company for interstate trips and a separate company for intrastate trips.

Case No. 3 - 71575-1

COUNSEL

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

Benjamin Harris Fawcett

Suzanne Elliott

Ann Summers/Deborah Dwyer

SYNOPSIS: Whether a defendant's guilty plea is voluntary when the defendant is told he will serve at least one year of community placement when the applicable mandatory term is at least two years.

Case No. 4 - 71772-9

COUNSEL

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of

David C. Hemenway

Suzanne Elliott

Michael Kinnie

SYNOPSIS: Whether a defendant's plea of "guilty" is facially invalid because he was not informed at the time he entered his plea that mandatory community placement was a direct consequence.