STATE EX REL. O'BRIEN v. TOWNE

Nos. 37246, 37285, 37245.

64 Wn.2d 581 (1964)

392 P.2d 818

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Patrick O'Brien, Respondent, v. VERNON W. TOWNE, Petitioner. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Hubert John Gilligan, Respondent, v. VERNON W. TOWNE, Petitioner. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Gerald D. Hile, Respondent, v. VERNON W. TOWNE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 4, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Newbould, Gordon F. Crandall and Charles R. Nelson, for petitioner.

Greive & Law, by R.R. Bob Greive, for respondents.


ROSELLINI, J.

The defendants in these consolidated cases were charged with various petty offenses, none of which involved as a possible penalty the revocation of a defendant's driver's license.1 The defendants have challenged the constitutionality of RCW 35.20.090. That statute pertains to jury trials in municipal courts in cities having a population of over 500,000, which have exclusive original jurisdiction to try violations of all city...

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