Legal Opinion
State v. Blackwell
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 18, 1993No. 59544-5PublishedCited by 165 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuy, J.
Defendants were charged with two counts of third degree assault and one count of first degree trespass. The trial court dismissed the prosecution's case under CrR 8.3(b), finding that the State did not comply with a pretrial order requiring production of the personnel files and service records of the police officers who were the alleged victims. The State appealed. We granted direct review and reverse.
Facts
On November 25, 1990, juvenile defendants Hyson Blackwell and Lateira Sabb were causing a disturbance in the Life Center Church in Tacoma. Church officials called the Tacoma Police…
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