STATE v. WADSWORTH

No. 67454-0.

991 P.2d 80 (2000)

139 Wash.2d 724

STATE of Washington, Appellant, v. Dennis L. WADSWORTH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Honorable Russell Hauge, Kitsap County Prosecutor, Jeffrey Jay Jahns, Deputy Kitsap County Prosecutor, Port Orchard, Pamela B. Loginsky, Olympia, for Appellant.

Romona Brandes, Port Orchard, for Respondent.


SMITH, J.

Appellant State of Washington seeks direct review of a decision of the Kitsap County District Court which dismissed with prejudice a charge against Respondent Dennis L. Wadsworth for unlawful possession of a weapon in violation of RCW 9.41.300(1) by attempting to take a knife into the Kitsap County Courthouse. The District Court reasoned the Legislature, by enacting RCW 9.41.300(1)(b), unconstitutionally delegated to "local judicial authority" the power...

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