SYNOPSIS: Is it constitutional for a sentencing court to base a criminal defendant’s offender score on prior convictions that were established only by the prosecutor’s summary assertion and the defendant’s failure to object?
Case No. 2 - 85791-1
COUNSEL
State of Washington
v.
Douglas Craig Rose
Megan Bredeweg
Nancy Collins/Lindsay Calkins
SYNOPSIS: Rose was convicted of taking a never-activated credit card bearing another person’s name, which had accompanied an offer to open a new account. Was the card an “access device” within the meaning of RCW 9A.56.010(1)? Was there probable cause to support a warrantless search of Rose?
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Case No. 3 – 85732-6
COUNSEL
Rogelio H. A. Ruvalcaba, et ux
v.
Kwang Ho Baek, et ux
and
William V. Kitchin, et ux
Pierre Acebedo
Howard Goodfriend
Jackson Schmidt
Timothy Graham
SYNOPSIS: Can landowners condemn a private way of necessity after voluntarily landlocking their own property and does the statute of limitations or laches apply to these type of actions?
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