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STATE v. STEVENS COUNTY DIST. COURT JUDGE

No. 97071-8.

453 P.3d 984 (2019)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. STEVENS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed December 12, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald John Moberg , Attorney at Law, 124 3rd Avenue SW, Ephrata, WA 98823-5100, James Edym Baker , Moberg Rathbone Kearns, P.O. Box 130, Ephrata, WA 98823-0130, for Petitioner.

Timothy Rasmussen , Stevens County Prosecutor, 215 S. Oak Street, Colville, WA 99114-2862, Will Morgan Ferguson , Attorney at Law, 4448 Sunburst Lane, Stevensville, MT 59870, for Respondent.

Katherine George , Johnston George LLP, 2101 4th Avenue, Suite 860, Seattle, WA 98121, for Amicus Curiae (District and Municipal Court Judges Association).

¶1 This case asks us to determine whether a superior court may conduct preliminary appearance hearings for misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors originally filed in district court. Because our court rules authorize the superior court to conduct these hearings regardless of which court files these misdemeanors and because there are no...

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