City of Seattle v. May

256 P.3d 1161 (2011)

171 Wn.2d 847

CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent,

v.

Robert J. MAY, Petitioner.

No. 83677-9.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued October 21, 2011.

Decided June 23, 2011.

Christine Anne Jackson, The Public Defender, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Richard Edward Greene, Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 In 2005, Robert May violated a domestic violence protection order that prohibited him from contacting his ex-wife. As a result, May was convicted, under a city of Seattle ordinance, of violating the protection order. May contends that the order…