In re the Personal Restraint of Spires
Jul 13, 2009OUTCOME: petition granted
Personal restraint petition granted because 10-year period for enforcement of legal financial obligations expired
Seattle, WA
Appeals Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Appeals
OUTCOME: petition granted
Personal restraint petition granted because 10-year period for enforcement of legal financial obligations expired
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Contempt order against youth vacated because juvenile court did not find all statutory contempt remedies inadequate before exercising its inherent authority to punish.
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Supreme Court holds that a defendant who has served his time in prison and has no sentence obligations remaining must be issued a certificate of discharge restoring his civil rights.
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Conviction reversed and charge dismissed without prejudice because trial court improperly allowed State to amend the charging document after resting its case.
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Conviction reversed where police officers violated defendant's Fourth Amendment rights by ordering her out of a car at gunpoint without any individualized suspicion of danger or wrongdoing.
OUTCOME: Reversed.
Termination of parental rights reversed where trial court found there were no parental deficiencies evidenced but terminated father's rights anyway "on the off-chance he may have some problem unknown t ... o the State."