CITY OF SEATTLE v. PATU

No. 45284-3-I.

30 P.3d 522 (2001)

CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. Paul H. PATU, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Fox, Christine Jackson, King County Public Defender Ass'n, Seattle, for Appellant.

Richard Greene, Asst. City Attorney-Criminal Div., Seattle, for Respondent.


KENNEDY, J.

We cannot provide any relief to Paul Patu because he invited the constitutional error that occurred at his trial in Seattle Municipal Court. We granted discretionary review nevertheless, in order to clarify our decision in City of Seattle v. Abercrombie.1 We became aware of the need for clarification when Patu sought modification of our court commissioner's order denying discretionary review. Patu read a portion of our...

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