9:00 A.M. |
Heritage University |
March 17, 2015 |
Case No. 1 - 90598-3 |
COUNSEL |
STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
MARK TRACY MECHAM |
Ann Summers
Jennifer J. Sweigert |
SYNOPSIS: At the defendant’s trial for driving under the influence, the prosecution cited his refusal to take a field sobriety test, arguing that the defendant knew the test would reveal his intoxication. Did this comment unfairly penalize the defendant for exercising his right to refuse a search? |
Case No. 2 - 90337-9 |
COUNSEL |
STATE OF WASHINGTON
v.
SEAN THOMPSON O'DELL |
David Carman
Gregory Charles Link |
SYNOPSIS: In a trial for second degree child rape, did the trial court properly decline to instruct the jury on the defendant’s affirmative defense that he reasonably believed the victim was older? Did the trial court properly decline to consider the defendant’s youth as a mitigating factor at sentencing, when the defendant committed his offense ten days after his 18th birthday? |
1:30 P.M.
Case No. 3 - 90932-6 |
COUNSEL |
ANA LOPEZ DEMETRIO, et al.
v.
SAKUMA BROTHERS FARMS, INC., |
Marc Cote/Toby Marshall/Daniel Ford
& Sarah Leyrer
Adam S. Belzberg/Elena Christian Bundy
& Timothy J. O’Connell |
SYNOPSIS: Does a Washington agricultural employer have an obligation under Washington’s Minimum Wage Act, or other state regulations, to pay piece-rate workers for rest breaks? If the answer is “yes,” how must Washington agricultural employers calculate the rate of pay for the rest break time? |
These summaries are not formulated by the Court and are provided only for the convenience of the public. |
