State v. Richardson

¶1 This case involves a challenge to a trial court’s order denying a motion to unseal records. In 2010, Mike Siegel moved to intervene and to unseal the court file in the criminal case of State v. Richardson, King County Superior Court No. 93-1-02331-2. The court file was originally sealed in 2002. The trial court authorized intervention but denied the motion to unseal. Siegel petitioned this court for direct review of the trial court’s order denying his motion to unseal. The deputy clerk denied appeal as a matter of right and redesignated the matter as a motion for discretionary review. We…