Docket No. 79834-6  Facts: After petitioner Jayson Bush had served seven years of a lengthy sentence for assault, Governor Gary Locke granted Bush a commutation of his sentence that released him from prison on the condition that he serve a term of community confinement and commit no gross misdemeanors or felonies. When Bush was arrested for assault two years later, Governor Christine Gregoire revoked the commutation. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79839-7  Facts: After receiving notice from the respondent Department of Health that it was violating Washington Revised Code §70.160’s prohibition of smoking in public places and places of employment by allowing members and guests to smoke in its facility, American Legion Post #149 petitioned the Superior Court for Thurston County for a declaratory judgment Continue reading →

Docket No. 79481-2  Facts: The petitioner state of Washington charged respondent Dustin Abrams with three counts of first degree perjury for knowingly making materially false statements during his criminal hearing for first degree murder. Abrams moved to dismiss the perjury charges, Continue reading →

Docket No. 79356-5  Facts: Petitioner Richard Warren was convicted in separate trials of one count of first degree child molestation of his younger stepdaughter and three counts of second degree child rape of his older stepdaughter in the Superior Court for King County. Warren subsequently appealed his convictions, asserting that the prosecutor committed misconduct during closing arguments in both trials Continue reading →