Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara Madsen delivers the State of the Judiciary Address at the Temple of Justice in Olympia.
State v. Rowland
Docket No. 86117-0
Synopsis: Whether on resentencing of a 1991 criminal conviction because of offender score error, the trial court may reimpose the exceptional sentence it originally imposed on the basis of the same aggravating factor it had originally found unaffected by the Supreme Court’s intervening decision in Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004).
State v. Lyons
Docket No. 85746-6
Synopsis: Whether an affidavit in support of a search warrant sufficiently specified the time that a confidential informant had observed a marijuana growing operation when it related that the informant had contacted the affiant within the previous 48 hours and reported that he or she had seen marijuana “being grown” at the place to be searched.
Bird v. Farmers Ins. Exchange
Docket No. 86109-9
Synopsis: Whether a plaintiff seeking treble damages for civil trespass pursuant to RCW 4.24.630 must prove that the trespasser intended to damage the invaded property.
State v. Meneese
Docket No. 86203-6
Synopsis: Whether a police officer assigned to a high school as a school resource officer was acting as a school official when he searched a student’s locked backpack without a warrant, making the search lawful under the school search exception to the warrant requirement.
In re Pers. Restraint of Crace
Docket No. 85131-0
Synopsis: Whether a personal restraint petitioner claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel must show a greater degree of prejudice to establish the claim than if the claim were made on direct appeal.
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Ronnie Jackson
Docket No. 82363-4; 83923-9 Continue reading
Robb v. City of Seattle
Docket No. 85658-3
Synopsis: Whether the city of Seattle may be liable in an action for wrongful death brought by the survivor of a murder victim based on the failure of police to confiscate ammunition while detaining the murderer for questioning just before the murder occurred.
In re the Matter of the Estate of Audrey P. Blessing
Docket No. 85944-2
Synopsis: Whether the children of a decedents predeceased former spouse are the decedents stepchildren under RCW 4.20.020, making them potential beneficiaries in the decedents wrongful death lawsuit.
State v. Rice
Docket No. 85893-4
Synopsis: Whether statutes that require the prosecutor to allege certain sentence enhancing factors (that the crime was sexually motivated, that the sex offense was predatory, that the sex offense victim was less than 15 years old) when the evidence supports those factors violates the separation of powers doctrine.