Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M. Olympia October 11, 2011

Case No. 1 - 85408-4 COUNSEL
MICHAEL W. GENDLER
v.
JOHN R. BATISTE, WASHINGTON STATE PATROL CHIEF
Keith Kessler/Garth Jones/Kenneth Masters & Shelby Frost Lemmel

Rene Tomisser

SYNOPSIS: Does a federal privilege apply to the Washington State Patrol so that police accident reports disclosed to the public under Washington’s Public Records Act cannot be used in litigation against the State?

Case No. 2 - 81939-4 COUNSEL
In re the Personal Restraint Petition of:
JAMES EASTMOND

Suzanne Lee Elliott

Thomas Curtis/Seth Fine

SYNOPSIS: Is the defendant, whose conviction became final in October 2007, entitled to relief from his firearm sentence enhancements on collateral review where the jury only found that he was armed with a “deadly weapon”?

1:30 P.M.


Case No. 3 – 85556-1 COUNSEL
TESORO REFINING AND MARKETING COMPANY
v.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
George Mastrodonato/Michael King

Donald Cofer/Jeffrey Even

SYNOPSIS: Does the business and occupation tax deduction for sales of marine bunker fuel apply to both manufacturing activities and wholesale or retail sales and can the legislature retroactively change the deduction’s applicability?

Case No. 4 – 84580-8 COUNSEL
STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
ROBERT CHARLES BREITUNG
Thomas Roberts

Jennifer Sweigert

SYNOPSIS: In this criminal case, Breitung was convicted of assault and unlawful possession of a gun.  He contends his lawyer was ineffective. He also contends he should have been notified that he could not possess guns. 

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