City of Seattle v. Stokes

—The primary issue on appeal here is whether a Seattle Municipal Court judge erred in refusing to dismiss a reckless driving charge on the basis of a compromise of misdemeanor.

Facts

The record consists of an agreed report of proceedings, RAP 9.4, and a narrative report of proceedings, RAP 9.3, which are nearly identical here. According to these documents, on June 22, 1984, defendant Troy Dominick Stokes ran a stoplight 1 at a speed of about 70 miles per hour and struck a car operated by a Ms. B. At trial the defendant presented a compromise of misdemeanor, which stated the victim had received…