City of Spokane v. Wardrop

¶1 The city of Spokane brought a motion for discretionary review of the superior court’s dismissal of each respondent’s notice of infraction (NOI) issued for alleged red light violations. Review was denied by our commissioner’s office and, with this opinion, by us. We exercise our discretion under RAP 17.6(b) to issue an opinion explaining our reasoning.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶2 Mark Wardrop, Jennifer Lee, and Susan Annechiarico (collectively Respondents) each received an NOI from the city of Spokane (City) for a red light violation detected by an automated traffic camera. The fine…