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IN RE SMITH

No. 4657-II.

30 Wn. App. 943 (1982)

639 P.2d 779

In the Matter of LEON C. SMITH.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

January 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron E. McClanahan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Richard C. Adamson, Deputy, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Settle and B. Franklin Heuston, for respondent.

REED, C.J.

The pivotal issue presented by this appeal is whether RCW 41.14.1201 empowers a civil service commission to uphold the discharge of a deputy for reasons other than those advanced by the sheriff. We hold that it does not.

While off duty on June 8, 1979, Mason County Deputy Sheriff Leon C. Smith was driving southbound on Interstate 5 in his personal vehicle accompanied by his...

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