Seattle Criminal Defense

Courtesy of Law Offices of Dena Alo-Colbeck
“Writing and Research for Washington Attorneys”

The following criminal cases of note were decided in the week of 10/01/10:

Washington State Law

Washington State Supreme Court

City of Aberdeen v. Regan: In this plurality opinion, Justice Fairhurst, writing for the majority and joined by Justices Madsen, Charles Johnson, Owens and Stephens upheld the revocation of Mr. Regan’s suspended sentence on another matter after he was accused of fourth degree assault and criminal trespass, ...

Courtesy of Law Offices of Dena Alo-Colbeck
“Writing and Research for Washington Attorneys”

Washington State Supreme Court

O’Neill v. City of Shoreline: The Court ruled that metadata associated with public records is itself a public record and is subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. http://www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf/823979.opn.pdf

In his dissent, Justice Alexander argued that the end result in this case, that the City of Shoreline be ordered to examine the hard drive of its deputy mayor’s home computer, was improper. ...

Marijuana arrests in Seattle are up, according to todays Seattle Stranger article. The article provides some background on arrests over the last few year and as well as some probing questions. So far, it appears that our City Attorney is standing by his commitment not to prosecute. So why are we seeing continued arrests?

We have seen an increasing number of Medical Marijuana arrests throughout the State. These calls are coming in every week. Invariably, the police claim that the patients ...