Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

January 23, 2007

Case No. 1 - 78383-7

COUNSEL

Liam Stewart-Graves, a minor, and Nichole Stewart-Graves, as guardian ad litem
     v.
Katherine F. Vaughn, M.D.

Philip Talmadge/Anne Melley/Paul Henderson

Mary Spillane/Elizabeth Leedom/Scott Schauermann

SYNOPSIS: Can parents hold a healthcare provider liable for not allowing them to refuse consent to resuscitation of a newborn infant who is likely to be severely disabled? 

Case No. 2 - 78187-7

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Charlie Bernnett Day

Tamara Taylor

Dennis Morgan

SYNOPSIS: May a police officer investigating a parking infraction conduct a safety search if the driver made suspicious movements as the officer approached and the officer saw an empty gun case in the car?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 78094-3

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Gary Michael Benn

Kathleen Proctor

David Zuckerman

SYNOPSIS: Does Benn’s conviction for first degree murder violate double jeopardy principles because the State charged him with an aggravating factor that a jury did not find in his first trial?

Case No. 4 - 77891-4

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
Jerrie L. Vander Houwen, Sr.

Kenneth Ramm, Jr.

Russell Mazzola

SYNOPSIS: Whether a property owner charged with unlawfully killing elk had an absolute constitutional right to kill the elk on his property that were damaging his orchard.

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