Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Case No. 1 - 76156-6

COUNSEL

State of Washington,

     v.
Clay Jason Miller

Timothy Leary
Brian McDonald

Christopher Gibson

SYNOPSIS: The state prosecuted Miller for violating a no-contact order. Must a jury decide whether that no-contact order was valid?

Case No. 2 - 76161-2

COUNSEL

In re the Detention of
Michael Allen Halgren,
     v.
State of Washington

Nancy Collins

Brooke Burbank/David Hackett
Jeffrey Dernbach/Carla Carlstrom

SYNOPSIS: The trial court involuntarily committed Halgren after determining he was a sexually violent predator. Halgren challenges the medical exam and penile plethsmograph evidence used to support the involuntary commitment, and the trial court’s denial of his proposed unanimity jury instruction.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 76270-8

COUNSEL

In re:
Kimberly Kay Gourley,
     v.
Clifford A. Gourley

Laura Clinton/Susan Jones
David Law

Howard Todd

SYNOPSIS: Must the rules of evidence be applied in domestic violence protection order proceedings under chapter 26.50 RCW, and was the respondent in this case improperly denied an opportunity to cross examine witnesses in a protection order proceeding?

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