ABAD v. COZZA

No. 62987-1.

911 P.2d 376 (1996)

128 Wash.2d 575

Adelemo G. ABAD; et al., Respondents, v. The Honorable Salvatore COZZA; et al., Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine S. Knox, Cheney, Amicus Curiae, for Spokane Public Defender.

Jim Sweetser, Spokane County Prosecutor, Larry D. Steinmetz, Deputy, Spokane, for Petitioners.

Spokane County Public Defender, Joseph Miller, Edward Ames, Spokane, for Respondents.


TALMADGE, Justice.

The Spokane County District Court adopted a local rule and a form requiring persons seeking a deferred prosecution to waive, upon any subsequent revocation of the deferred prosecution, the rights to a jury, to call and question witnesses, and to testify in the postrevocation trial. The court of appeals held that the local rule and form were beyond the authority of the district court under the pertinent portion of the deferred prosecution statute...

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