Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

September 9, 2014

ONLY THREE CASES SCHEDULED

Case No. 1 - 89917-7

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
     v.
DARCUS DEWAYNE ALLEN
Kathleen Proctor/Thomas Roberts

Gregory Link

SYNOPSIS: First, does a prosecutor commit misconduct when he misstated the law to the jury? Second, can a defendant's sentence be increased based solely on the conduct of his accomplice?

Case No. 2 - 89742-5

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
     v.
LARRY ALAN HAYES
Kathleen Proctor

Nancy Collins

SYNOPSIS: Whether in a criminal prosecution the trial court may impose an exceptional sentence on an offender convicted as an accomplice on the basis the crime constituted a major economic offense.


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 89866-9

COUNSEL

PHYLLIS PAETSCH
     v.
SPOKANE DERMATOLOGY CLINIC, P.S., et al.
Mary Schultz

William Etter/Ronald Van Wert/Mary Spillane

SYNOPSIS: Paetsch was injured when a certified physician's assistant (PA-C) employed by the clinic performed cosmetic surgery, and when that PA-C later misdiagnosed her reaction to the surgery. The court must decide whether the doctor who owned the clinic was properly dismissed from the suit, and whether the trial court's instructions to the jury were proper

 

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