9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Case No. 1 – 72238-2
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington,
v.
Daniel Votava
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Brian O’Brien
Scott Staab
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SYNOPSIS: Whether a person charged with being in actual physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated can use the statutory defense of moving the vehicle “safely off the roadway” if another person drove the vehicle off the road.
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Case No. 2 – Bar No. 3603
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COUNSEL
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In re the Matter of Robert Kuvara,
Attorney at Law
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Leland Ripley
Joanne Abelson-WSBA
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SYNOPSIS: Whether an attorney who prepared a deed with the name of a man he knew to be dead as the grantor, allowed the man’s widow to sign his name to the deed, notarized the signature as though it were the dead man’s, and submitted the deed to be recorded should be disbarred.
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 72857-7
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COUNSEL
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In Re the Matter of
Hon. Steven L. Michels
Sunnyside Municipal Court Judge
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Louie Delorie/Philip Talmadge
Ernest Greco
Catherine Smith
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SYNOPSIS: Whether censure and a 120 day suspension is the appropriate disciplinary sanction for a judge pro tempore who believed he could accept guilty pleas from defendants whom he had represented as a public defender and who used defective guilty plea forms supplied by the court he was temporarily serving.
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Case No. 4 – 72428-8
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COUNSEL
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Washington Independent Telephone Association, et al.,
v.
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
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Richard Finnigan
Shannon Smith
Judith Endejan
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SYNOPSIS: Whether the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission, by designating a telecommunications company as eligible for federal funding to support universal services, violated any interest of other eligible carriers protected by the Due Process Clause, or acted arbitrarily or capriciously.
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided for the convenience of the public only.
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