SEATTLE v. WILLIAMS

Nos. 49670-6, 49570-0.

101 Wn.2d 445 (1984)

680 P.2d 1051

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. JONATHAN R. WILLIAMS, Petitioner. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. ELVIRA NUGENT, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Goldsmith and Mark Leemon of Seattle-King County Public Defender Association, for petitioners.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Augustin R. Jimenez, Elizabeth M. Rene, and Douglas B. Whalley, Assistants, for respondent.


PEARSON, J.

In these two consolidated cases, defendants seek review of the Seattle Municipal Court's denial of their demands for jury trials. Secondary issues involve the scope of statutory writs as a means of review of interlocutory decisions after the implementation of the Rules for Appeal of Decisions of Courts of Limited Jurisdiction.

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The facts in these cases are similar. At arraignment, defendants signed forms indicating they did not request...

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