Supreme Court Calendar

9:30 A.M.

Olympia

June 14, 2012

Case No. 1 - 85091-7

COUNSEL

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of
Richard Dyer

Timothy Lang/Gregory Rosen

SYNOPSIS: Did the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board abuse its discretion by denying parole to a sex offender based, in part, on the offender’s lack of sex offender treatment for which he remains ineligible because he denies his guilt?

Case No. 2 - 85989-2

COUNSEL

Clark County Washington, et al.
     v.

Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Review Board, et al.

MacDonald Living Trust, et al.

City of Ridgefield

Christine Cook/Daniel Kearns/Rogelio Omar Riojas
John Spurling/Betty Shumener/Henry Oh

Marc Worthy/Robert Beattey/Tim Trohimovich

Randall Bryan Printz/Brian Gerst/Michael Simon
James Howsley/Le Anne Bremer
Christopher Sundstrom

SYNOPSIS: A city may not annex territory unless it is an urban growth area (UGA). Did the Growth Management Hearings Board’s review of Clark County’s designation of certain lands as UGA become moot when those lands were annexed by the Cities of Camas and Ridgefield? Did the Court of Appeals err by addressing this issue when it was not raised by any party?

Case No. 3 - 85801-2

COUNSEL

State of Washington
     v.
David R. Partovi

Brian O'Brien

David Partovi

SYNOPSIS: If the prosecutor causes a delay in a criminal case, can the court make the State pay for the cost of the delay even if the prosecutor caused the delay accidentally and not on purpose?

Case No. 4 – 85971-0

COUNSEL

Automotive United Trades Organization, et al.
     v.
State of Washington, et al.

Philip Talmadge/ Sidney Tribe

Laura Watson/Kelly Wood/David Hankins
Anne Egeler

SYNOPSIS: Does Article II, Section 40 of the Washington Constitution prevent the State from imposing a tax on the first in-state possession of motor vehicle fuel and can the Plaintiffs' constitutional challenge be time barred by a 22-year delay in filing suit?