Docket No. 80115-1 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 34172-7)  Facts: Pursuant to the requirements of the Growth Management Act (Washington Revised Code §36.70A), petitioner Thurston County updated its comprehensive plan and reviewed (but ultimately retained) its urban growth area designations. The respondent Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board subsequently rejected the comprehensive plan and its urban growth area designations, Continue reading →

Docket No. 80199-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 57866-9)  Facts: Alleging defective construction, the Windsong Arbor Homeowners’ Association filed suit against Dally Homes, Inc., which had constructed the Windsong Arbor condominiums, in the Superior Court for King County. Continue reading →

Docket No. 76802-1 (from Court of Appeals Division II Case No. 28610-6)  Facts: After her newborn son died in her care, respondent Carissa Daniels was convicted of second degree murder (predicated upon a charge of second degree assault) in the Superior Court for Pierce County. Continue reading →

Docket No. 80865-1  Facts: Petitioner Glen Burns and Atif Rafay were convicted of murder in the Superior Court for King County. Burns subsequently appealed his conviction but moved to have his attorney withdraw and represent himself pro se after his attorney had filed their opening brief. Continue reading →

Docket No. 80020-1 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 57407-8)  Facts: Petitioner Leaa Unga was convicted in juvenile court of second degree vehicle prowl and second degree taking of a motor vehicle without permission after confessing to police that he had written graffiti on the interior of a stolen automobile. Unga subsequently appealed his conviction, asserting that his confession had been involuntary and should have been suppressed insofar as it had been elicited by a false promise of immunity on the part of the police officer that interrogated him. Continue reading →

Docket No. 81068-1 (from Skagit Case No. 06-1-00654-1)  Facts: Petitioner Jeremy Grande was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after a search of his person occasioned by a police officer detecting the odor of marijuana emanating from the automobile that Grande was a passenger in during a traffic stop revealed a pipe containing marijuana. Continue reading →

Docket No. 81028-1 (from King Case No. 05-2-39241-0)  Facts: Following the death of petitioner Nancy Adams’ son Jesse Smith, the King County Medical Examiner allowed a private medical research institute to take Smith’s brain for medical research without Adams’ consent on the basis of Smith’s having signed an organ donor card. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79992-0 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 56896-5)  Facts: Petitioner Gary Gatewood was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, and possession of marijuana in the Superior Court for King County after a search of his person prompted by his nervous reaction to the approach of police officers and subsequent attempt to leave the scene revealed an illegal firearm, cocaine, and marijuana. Continue reading →

Docket No. 81029-0 (from King Case No. 06-2-26048-1)  Facts: The petitioner Washington State Major League Baseball Stadium Public Facilities District, the municipal corporation responsible for the ownership and operation of Safeco Field, filed suit against respondent Huber, Hunt & Nichols-Kiewit Construction Company in the Superior Court for King County Continue reading →

Docket No. 81006-1 (from Chelan Case No. 03-2-00133-8)  Facts: Respondent Michael McKee filed a class action suit against petitioner AT&T Corporation in the Superior Court for Chelan County, asserting that AT&T wrongfully added city utility surcharges to long distance telephone service bills and charged usurious late fees in violation of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act (Washington Revised Code §19.86) and its usury statute (Washington Revised Code §19.52). Continue reading →