STATE v. RICHARDSON

No. 85665-6.

302 P.3d 156 (2013)

177 Wn.2d 351

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Matthew H. RICHARDSON, Respondent, Mike Siegel, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided May 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele Lynn Earl-Hubbard , Allied Law Group LLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Daniel Todd Satterberg , James Morrissey Whisman , King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Matthew Richardson, Sumner, WA, pro se Respondent.

Eric Stahl , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Sarah Kathleen Duran , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington COAlition for Open Go.

Katherine George , Harrison-Benis LLP, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington.

Katherine George , Harrison-Benis LLP, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Newspaper Publishers.

Sarah A. Dunne , Vanessa Torres Hernandez , ACLU of Washington Foundation, Nancy Lynn Talner , Douglas B. Klunder , Attorneys at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for ACLU of Washington.

Travis Stearns , Washington Defender Association, Gregory Charles Link , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Defender Association.

Suzanne Lee Elliott , Attorney at Law, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case involves a challenge to a trial court's order denying a motion to unseal records. In 2010, Mike Siegel moved to intervene and to unseal the court file in the criminal case of State v. Richardson, King County Superior Court No. 93-1-02331-2. The court file was originally sealed in 2002. The trial court authorized intervention but denied the motion to unseal. Siegel petitioned this court for direct review of the trial court's...

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