9:00 A.M.
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Olympia
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September 21, 2010
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Case No. 1 – 200,748-1 (WSBA 8993)
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COUNSEL |
In re:
J. David Smith,
Attorney at Law.
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Kurt Bulmer
Scott Busby (WSBA)
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SYNOPSIS: Attorney J. David Smith pled guilty in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud. The Court will decide whether, based on this conviction, it will accept the Washington State Bar Association’s recommendation to take away Smith’s license to practice law.
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Case No. 2 – 83452-1
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COUNSEL |
STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
KRISTINA RANAE GRIER
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Thomas Roberts
 Casey Grannis |
SYNOPSIS: Grier was convicted of second degree murder. Through counsel, Grier withdrew her proposed instructions on the lesser included offenses of first and second degree manslaughter. Did that action constitute ineffective assistance of counsel requiring reversal of Grier’s conviction?
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1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 – 83673-6
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COUNSEL |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
v.
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF WASHINGTON
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Michele Radosevich/Peter Edgerton/Scott Heyman/Carter Phillips/Richard Klingler & Lowell Schiller
Brett Durbin/Cameron Comfort & Alan Copsey |
SYNOPSIS: The Court must decide whether Qualcomm’s OmniTRACS Service, one component of a system that allows trucking companies to track the location, status and performance of their trucks, is taxable as a retail sale or a service.
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Case No. 4 – 83570-5
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COUNSEL |
STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
JAMES MICHAEL MAROHL
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Edward Lombardo/Monty Cobb
Thomas Doyle |
SYNOPSIS: Marohl placed another man in a chokehold and caused him to impact the floor of a casino bar. The court must decide if the floor was a “weapon or other instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm.”
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These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public.
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