Docket No. 77693-8  Facts:  Petitioner Dan Stockwell was tried and convicted in Kitsap County Superior Court of first-degree child molestation and attempted child molestation of two of his wife’s granddaughters. Stockwell was previously convicted of first degree statutory rape in 1986, Continue reading →

Docket No. 77769-1  Facts:  During her unsuccessful campaign against Senator Tim Sheldon, respondent Marilou Rickert sponsored a mailing that contained several false statements regarding Sheldon’s record.  Sheldon subsequently filed a complaint with the Public Disclosure Commission that asserted that Rickert violated Washington Revised Code §42.17.530(1), which prohibits the sponsorship with actual malice of political advertising or electioneering communication that contains a false statement of material fact about a candidate for public office.  Following a hearing, the Public Disclosure Commission fined Rickert $1,000, concluding that the mailing contained false statements that were material and that Rickert sponsored the mailing with actual malice.  Rickert appealed the Public Disclosure Commission’s decision on grounds that §42.17.530(1) infringes the right to freedom of speech and expression conferred by the 1^st Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I §5 of the Washington State Constitution. Continue reading →

Docket No. 77587-7  Synopsis: May a defendant withdraw his guilty plea when the actual sentence he faces turns out to be lower than what the parties believed when the defendant entered the plea? Continue reading →

Docket No. 78598-8  Facts:  Respondents Daniel Madison and other convicted felons sought reinstatement of their voting rights through a declaration that the State’s disenfranchisement scheme, Wash. Rev. Code §9.94A.637, is unconstitutional. They argued it denies convicted felons the right to vote if they have not fully paid legal financial obligations included as a part of their sentences. Continue reading →

Docket No. 77342-4  Synopsis: In this child molestation prosecution, did the trial court err by disallowing the defense’s cross-examination of the nine-year-old victim about a prior statement to her aunt? Continue reading →

Docket No. 77629-6  Synopsis: Should this court grant the State’s motion to supplement the record or rescind the decision to review? Did DOL violate Nelson’s right to due process when it revoked his driver’s license? Continue reading →

Docket No. 77655-5  Facts: Respondent Alfred Giovanelli was struck by an automobile and seriously injured while visiting Washington to perform contract work for petitioner Ball-Foster Glass Container Company. Continue reading →

Docket No. 77167-7  Facts:  Petitioner Ford Motor Company petitioned the Superior Court for King County for a declaratory judgment that its liability to the respondent city of Seattle for business and occupation taxes had been improperly calculated.  The superior court granted summary judgment for the city of Seattle, ruling that business and occupation taxes had been properly assessed on the entire gross proceeds of vehicles that Ford Motor Company sold at wholesale to its dealers in Seattle. Continue reading →

Docket No. 78635-6  Synopsis: Does RCW 19.68.010 prohibit Dr. Jeckle from selling prescription drugs to his patients for a profit? Continue reading →

Docket No. 77723-3  Synopsis: Was an agreement between the City of Spokane and Spokane County adequate to satisfy a statutory prerequisite such that the City can replace the municipal department in Spokane County District Court with an independent city municipal court? If so, which court will have jurisdiction over municipal cases that remain open on the date the transfer occurs? Continue reading →