Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M.

Olympia

March 10, 2015

THREE CASES ONLY – TWO IN A.M. – ONE IN P.M.

Case No. 1 - 89620-8

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
JONATHAN L. GENTRY

Randall Avery Sutton

Timothy Kent Ford/Rita Joan Griffith

SYNOPSIS: This case presents two issues. First, should the trial judge have recused herself? Second, after a court grants a motion for post-conviction DNA testing, what standard should a court apply when a party moves to end further DNA testing?

Case No. 2 - 90377-8

COUNSEL

SCOTT WALTER MAZIAR
v.
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Karl Eric Dickman

Patricia D. Todd/Michael Patrick Lynch & Jeffrey Even

SYNOPSIS: Does the State have a right to a jury trial in tort actions against it?

1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 89619-4

COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
UNTERS L. LOVE

Brian Clayton O’Brien/Larry D. Steinmetz

Dana M. Nelson

SYNOPSIS: When the trial court heard for-cause juror challenges at a sidebar, did this violate the defendant's right to a public trial?

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