STATE v. CONIFER ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. 42018.

82 Wn.2d 94 (1973)

508 P.2d 149

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. CONIFER ENTERPRISES, INC., et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 29, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and J. Keith Dysart, Chief Deputy, for appellant.

William S. Howard, for respondents.

Ferguson & Burdell and Charles S. Burdell, amici curiae.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

Respondents challenge the constitutionality of RCW 29.79.490(4). Under that statute they were charged with the crime of giving or offering payment to persons to solicit or procure signatures upon an initiative petition.

Respondents, pursuant to RCW 10.40.110, demurred to the information. The trial court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the charges.

[1] At the outset, we deal with respondents' motion for dismissal for...

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