4.1
                                    APPEARANCE OF DEFENDANT


    Pursuant to CrRLJ 3 and 4, an attorney may enter an appearance and/or plea of not
guilty on behalf of a defendant in any criminal non-traffic or criminal traffic
offense, if said appearance or plea is made in writing or made in open court.
However, the defendant must personally appear before the court for arraignment in
cases where the appearance is mandated by statute, e.g., Driving under the influence,
Driver under twenty-one consuming alcohol, or Physical control of vehicle under the
influence, as defined in R.C.W. 46.61.502, 503 and 504, any Domestic violence
offense as defined in R.C.W. 10.99.020 as enacted or hereinafter amended, or the
following crimes required by this local rule:

    .  Sexual misconduct with a minor in the second degree as defined in RCW 9A.44.096
       as enacted or hereinafter amended;

    .  Communicate with a minor for immoral purpose as defined in RCW 9.68.090 as
       enacted or hereinafter amended;

    .  Indecent exposure as defined in RCW 9A.88.010 as enacted or hereinafter amended;

    .  Crimes with sexual motivation, other than sex offenses as defined in RCW 9.94A.030;

    .  Crimes involving assault or sexual motivation that were forwarded to the County
       prosecutor for charging as a felony but were not charged by the County and returned
       to the municipality for charging as misdemeanor;

    .  Leaving a child unattended in a parked automobile as defined in RCW 9.91.060 as
       enacted or hereinafter amended;

    .  Abandonment of a dependent person in the third degree as defined in RCW 9A.42.080 as
       enacted or hereinafter amended;

    .  Aiming or discharging firearms, dangerous weapons as defined in RCW 9.41.230 as enacted
       or hereinafter amended; and

    .  Neglect of a child or dependent person as defined in Sumner Municipal Code (SMC) 9.04.100
       as enacted or hereinafter amended.


{Adopted effective September 1, 2012}