Docket No. 79573-8  Facts: Petitioner Calvin Fisk filed suit against the respondent city of Kirkland in the Superior Court for King County after a city fire hydrant’s insufficient water pressure prevented the city from extinguishing a fire that ultimately destroyed his recreational vehicle. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79236-4 (from Court of Appeals Division III Case No. 23698-6)  Facts: Respondent Alyssa Knight pled guilty to conspiracy to commit second degree robbery, conspiracy to commit first degree burglary, and second degree murder in the Superior Court for Spokane County. Knight subsequently appealed her convictions for conspiracy to commit second degree robbery and conspiracy to commit first degree burglary on grounds that they represented multiple convictions for a single unit of prosecution and therefore violated the 5^th Amendment to the United States Constitution’s prohibition against double jeopardy. Continue reading →

Docket No. 80070-7  Facts: Petitioner Thomas Richey filed a motion in the Superior Court for Pierce County to vacate his conviction for the crime of attempted first degree murder and the subsequent exceptional sentences of 65 years imprisonment imposed concurrently with his guilty plea of first degree murder. Continue reading →