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CITY OF SEATTLE v. ORWICK

No. 55903-1.

113 Wn.2d 823 (1989)

784 P.2d 161

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner, v. JOHN ORWICK, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas N. Jewett, City Attorney, Michael Brown, Assistant, and Charlotte E. Clark-Mahoney, Assistant City Prosecutor, for petitioner.

Pisto, Kalenius & Rhodes, P.S., and Laird A. Pisto, for respondent.

ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

At issue in this case is whether charges against a defendant should be dismissed because the defendant was denied immediate access to counsel.

At approximately 9:25 p.m. on November 7, 1985, two Seattle police officers responded to a car-pedestrian accident. On approaching the accident scene, one officer saw John Orwick, the defendant herein, leave the sidewalk and lie on top...

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