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9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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Thursday, June 29, 2006
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THREE CASES ONLY – TWO A.M. – ONE P.M.
Case No. 1 - 77587-7
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington
v.
Hector L. Mendoza
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James Powers
Patricia Pethick/Thomas Doyle
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SYNOPSIS: May a defendant withdraw his guilty plea when the actual sentence he faces turns out to be lower than what the parties believed when the defendant entered the plea?
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Case No. 2 - 77769-1
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COUNSEL
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Marilou Rickert
v.
State of Washington, Public Disclosure Commission, et al.
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Venkat Balasubramani/Aaron Caplan
William Collins/Linda Dalton/Jean Wilkinson
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SYNOPSIS: RCW 42.17.530 prohibits sponsoring political advertisements containing false statements about a candidate for public office. Does it violate the First Amendment right to free speech?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 77693-8
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COUNSEL
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State of Washington
v.
Dan Stockwell
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Randall Sutton
Catherine Glinski
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SYNOPSIS: Is first degree statutory rape comparable to first degree rape of a child for purposes of the Persistent Offender Accountability Act?
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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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