Residents Opposed to Kittitas Turbines v. State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council

Docket No. 81332-9  Facts: In separate actions, petitioners Residents Opposed to Kittitas Turbines and Kittitas County sought judicial review of respondents State Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council and Governor Christine Gregoire’s final decision authorizing the preemption of Kittitas County laws to permit the construction and operation of wind turbines for energy production by Horizon Wind Energy, L.L.C. Continue reading

Washington v. Radcliffe

Docket No. 80391-9  Facts: Petitioner James Radcliffe was convicted of third degree rape and indecent liberties in the Superior Court for Thurston County after a trial in which Radcliffe’s confession to police following his arrest was admitted into evidence. Radcliffe appealed his conviction, asserting that although he initially waived his Miranda rights when apprised of them by the first officer that interrogated him, the confession should nonetheless have been suppressed insofar as the second officer that interrogated him and that recorded the confession subsequently continued interrogating him after he requested an attorney. Continue reading