Legal Opinion
Dawson v. Daly
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1993No. 58570-9PublishedCited by 158 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrachtenbach, J.
The issue presented by this case is whether the public disclosure act, RCW 42.17, requires the Snohomish County Prosecutor's office (prosecutor's office) to give a citizen (1) copies of documents compiled for use in cross-examining an "expert" witness (the requesting citizen) who frequently testifies as a defense witness in child sexual abuse cases prosecuted in Snohomish County and (2) a copy of the personnel file of a deputy prosecutor. The trial court ruled that these documents were not within any of the exemptions to the public disclosure act. We reverse.
The request for disclosure was…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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