CITY OF WALLA WALLA v. TOPEL

No. 19125-7-III.

17 P.3d 1244 (2001)

CITY OF WALLA WALLA, Respondent, v. Melvin A. TOPEL, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Publication Ordered February 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Van Dorn, McAdams, Ponti & Wernette, Walla Walla, for Petitioner.

Timothy J. Donaldson, Walla Walla City Attorney, Walla Walla, for Respondent.


KURTZ, C.J.

Melvin Topel was charged with driving while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor and/or drug (DUI) in February 1999. Seven years earlier, he had received a deferred prosecution for a prior DUI. When he requested a second deferred prosecution for the 1999 charge, the court denied the request, based on changes to the deferred prosecution statute that became effective January 1, 1999. The changes to the statute limit a DUI defendant to one deferred...

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