STATE v. CASCADE DIST. CT.

No. 6398-1.

24 Wn. App. 522 (1979)

603 P.2d 1264

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. CASCADE DISTRICT COURT, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

As amended by order October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russ Juckett, Prosecuting Attorney, and Seth R. Dawson, Deputy, for appellant.

Jordan, Brinster, Templeman & Jordan, P.S., and Timothy P. Ryan, for respondents.


[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals October 19, 1979, deleting directions that the opinion should not be published.]

CALLOW, C.J.

The principal issue raised by this appeal is whether the State has the right to obtain by writ of certiorari superior court review of a district court's pretrial order dismissing the State's case for failure to preserve evidence. We hold that it does.

On December 9, 1977, the district judge for the Cascade District...

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