Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

March 9, 2010

Case No. 1 – 82219-1

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
GILBERTO IBARRA-CIZNEROS

Gabriel Eliud Acosta/Teresa Chen

Janelle Carman/C. Dale Slack

SYNOPSIS: Does the taint of an illegally seized cell phone extend to evidence obtained as the result of calls made to that phone while it was in police custody?

Case No. 2 – 82229-8

COUNSEL

YAKIMA COUNTY
          v.
THE YAKIMA HERALD REPUBLIC
          and
JOSE LUIS SANCHEZ, JR.

Paul McIlrath/Stefanie Weigand & Terry Austin

Kenneth Harper/Michele Earl-Hubbard/Christopher Roslaniec/David Norman & Greg Overstreet
Brendan Monahan/Susan Wilk/Gregory Link
& David Donnan

SYNOPSIS: Must billing requests for public funds submitted to the court by defense counsel in an ongoing criminal case be released to a newspaper that requested the documents under the Public Records Act?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 – 82333-2

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
JAMES ROBERT NASON

Mark Erik Lindsey

Susan Marie Gasch

SYNOPSIS: Nason’s criminal sentence required him to make monthly payments on his legal financial obligation. If he failed to make his payments, and if he also failed to file a stay of execution, he was required to spend 60 days in jail. Does his sentence violate due process?

Case No. 4 – 81650-6

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
TROY DEAN STUBBS

Antonio Koures/Brian McDonald

David Gasch/Susan Wilk

SYNOPSIS: Can the aggravating circumstance in RCW 9.94A.535(3)(y), that the “victim’s injuries substantially exceed the level of bodily harm necessary to satisfy the elements of the offense,” justify an exceptional sentence for first-degree assault? Is RCW 9.94A.535(3)(y) unconstitutionally vague?

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