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CITY OF SEATTLE v. SHEPHERD

No. 45926.

93 Wn.2d 861 (1980)

613 P.2d 1158

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant, v. JAMES W. SHEPHERD, Respondent. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Appellant, v. SEATTLE MUNICIPAL COURT, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and P. Stephen DiJulio, Assistant, for appellant.

Martiss Riley Anderson and Sinsheimer, Meltzer & Gelbart, by Ronald J. Meltzer, for respondents.

STAFFORD, J.

This is a consolidated appeal of cases in which defendants were charged with theft pursuant to Seattle Criminal Code § 12A.08.220(1)(a). The trial court dismissed all cases. We accepted direct review pursuant to RAP 4.2 and reverse the trial court.

James Shepherd, Sam Stusser and Sam Sloy (defendants at the trial level) own or operate pawnshops in Seattle. Each openly obtained property in pawn transactions. When it later developed the pawned...

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