YOUNG v. KONZ

Nos. 44071, 44214.

91 Wn.2d 532 (1979)

588 P.2d 1360

GARY ROBERT YOUNG, ET AL, Respondents, v. STEPHEN S. KONZ, Appellant. OSEAS MUNOZ, ET AL, Petitioners, v. CECIL HARPHAM, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Kevin M. Ryan and Garry E. Wegner, Assistants, for appellant.

R. Neil Morse, Theodore S. Goodwin, and Terry Austin of Yakima Valley Legal Services (Mark E. Wilson, of counsel), for petitioners.

David S. Edwards of Colville Tribal Legal Services, for respondents Young, et al.

R.P. Reid, for respondent Harpham.

George Wynn Colby on behalf of Yakima Nation Public Defender and Steven L. Michels, amici curiae.


HAMILTON, J.

A rehearing was granted in Young v. Konz, 88 Wn.2d 276, 558 P.2d 791 (1977) (Young I). At issue in the original appeal, as well as the rehearing, is the constitutionality of the state's judicial structure insofar as it permits the utilization of nonlawyer judges in certain courts of limited jurisdiction. These courts exercise jurisdiction over criminal misdemeanor matters...

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