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Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Madsen delivers the State of the Judiciary Address at the Temple of Justice in Olympia.
Docket No. 86117-0
Synopsis: Whether on resentencing of a 1991 criminal conviction because of offender score error, the trial court may reimpose the exceptional sentence it originally imposed on the basis of the same aggravating factor it had originally found unaffected by the Supreme Court’s intervening decision in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004).
Docket No. 85746-6
Synopsis: Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant sufficiently specified the time that a confidential informant had observed a marijuana growing operation when it related that the informant had contacted the affiant within the previous 48 hours and reported that he or she had seen marijuana “being grown” at the place to be searched.
Docket No. 86109-9
Synopsis: Whether a plaintiff seeking treble damages for civil trespass pursuant to
RCW 4.24.630 must prove that the trespasser intended to damage the invaded property.
Docket No. 86203-6
Synopsis: Whether a police officer assigned to a high school as a school resource officer was acting as a school official when he searched a student’s locked backpack without a warrant, making the search lawful under the school search exception to the warrant requirement.
Docket No. 85131-0
Synopsis: Whether a personal restraint petitioner claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel must show a greater degree of prejudice to establish the claim than if the claim were made on direct appeal.
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Docket No. 86049-1
Synopsis: Whether evidence that a codefendant in a medical malpractice action settled with the plaintiff is admissible under
RCW 7.70.080.
Docket No. 85962-1
Synopsis: Whether
RCW 4.26.160, which prohibits the assertion of claims of right against the government based on the passage of time, bars an adverse possession claim against a municipality even though the claimant satisfied the elements of adverse possession before the municipality acquired the disputed property.
Docket No. 85658-3
Synopsis: Whether the city of Seattle may be liable in an action for wrongful death brought by the survivor of a murder victim based on the failure of police to confiscate ammunition while detaining the murderer for questioning just before the murder occurred.