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HENDRIX v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 39357.

76 Wn.2d 142 (1969)

456 P.2d 696

LEON MORRIS HENDRIX, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF SEATTLE et al., Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 5, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Newbould, Denny E. Anderson, H. Joseph Coleman, and M. Wayne Blair, for appellants.

John M. Junker and Michael H. Rosen, for respondent.

Vernon J. Guinn, amicus curiae.

HALE, J.

There is an old saying that hard cases make bad law and this case seems to vindicate it. The case invites an extreme ruling because it involves an unusually severe sentence in Seattle Municipal Court passed upon an 18-year-old indigent defendant1 who had no attorney and no funds with which to employ one. The primary question is whether a defendant in municipal court charged with a serious misdemeanor has a constitutional right...

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