Thompson v. State Dept. of Licensing

982 P.2d 601 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 783

Clayton THOMPSON, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Washington DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, Respondent.

No. 67225-3.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued May 25, 1999.

Decided August 19, 1999.

Brungardt & Lowe, Bruce Finlay, Shelton, for Petitioner.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Sharon S. Eckholm, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, for Respondent.

TALMADGE, J.

We must decide in this case if an allegedly erroneous decision in a criminal proceeding, from which the State declined to appeal, has preclusive effect in a subsequent administrative action by a State agency against…