Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, February 13, 2003

Case No. 1 – 72599-3

COUNSEL

City of Redmond,
     v.
Juan Arroyo-Murillo

Richard Mitchell

Donna Tucker

SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court properly dismissed this prosecution for driving with a suspended license on the ground that the predicate suspension violated due process because the Department of Licensing mailed its revocation order only to an address it obtained from a traffic citation rather than to the address provided to the Department by the license holder.

Case No. 2 – 72614-1

COUNSEL

City of Redmond,
     v.
Dean A. Moore

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City of Redmond,
     v.
Jason D. Wilson

Richard Mitchell

Cherilyn Church/ Donna Tucker

Richard Mitchell

Cherilyn Church/ Donna Tucker

SYNOPSIS: Whether the trial court properly dismissed these prosecutions for driving with a suspended license on the ground that the license suspension procedure of RCW 46.20.289 and .291 violates due process because it affords no opportunity for a hearing before the Department of Licensing.

Case No. 3 – 72438-5

COUNSEL

State of Washington,
     v.
Gerald Lee Wentz

Kevin Korsmo

David Gasch

SYNOPSIS: Whether for purposes of the first degree burglary statute a fenced back yard qualifies as a “building” by virtue of being a “fenced area,” without regard to the uses of the area.

Case No. 4 – 72560-8

COUNSEL

Paul Plein,
     v.
Chester Lackey, et al.

John Mills

John Belcher

SYNOPSIS: Whether the corporate officer who signed the corporation’s promissory note signed it as an accommodation party who, upon his payment of the note, was entitled to foreclose a deed of trust securing the debt, and, whether challenges to the foreclosure proceedings were waived.