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SEATTLE v. TAYLOR

Nos. 18107-6-I; 19653-7-I.

50 Wn. App. 384 (1988)

748 P.2d 693

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. JOHN TAYLOR, JR., Petitioner. THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner, v. DONALD GREGORY, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

January 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Catherine Miller of Seattle-King County Public Defender Association, for petitioner Taylor.

Jon R. Zulauf and Franco, Asia, Bensussen, Coe & Finegold, for respondent Gregory.

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, and Ruth Robinson, Assistant, for City of Seattle.

WILLIAMS, J.

The sole question in these cases, consolidated for purposes of appeal, is whether the following ordinance of the City of Seattle is constitutional:

A person is guilty of simple assault when he intentionally and without permission touches another person and that touching is offensive.

Seattle Municipal Code 12A.06.015(A). The defendants contend that the ordinance is in conflict with state law, and thus prohibited by article 11, section...

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