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STATE v. NORMAN

No. 69417-6.

40 P.3d 1161 (2002)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Helen NORMAN, Kevin Belen, and Laura Stradwick, Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Gregoire, Atty. Gen., Jeffrey Todd Even, Asst., Olympia, amicus curiae on behalf of Atty. Gen.

Whatcom County Public Defenders Assoc., Jon Christopher Komorowski, Eric Michael Weight, Brett & Daugert, Philip James Buri, Bellingham, for petitioners.

David McEachran, Whatcom County Prosecutor, David M. Grant, Deputy, Bellingham, for respondent.

MADSEN, J.

The defendants in these consolidated cases maintain that the State lacks jurisdiction to prosecute them for alleged crimes committed north of the 49th parallel, as located by present day geographers and surveyors, but south of the international boundary between the United States and Canada. Our state constitution provides that Washington State's northern boundary in the relevant area is "west along said forty-ninth...

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