STATE v. TAYLOR

No. 48523-2.

97 Wn.2d 724 (1982)

649 P.2d 633

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JAMES ROBERT TAYLOR, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Hayden and Michael H. Rosen, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Jennifer Eychaner, Deputy, for respondent.


UTTER, J.

Was felony flight (RCW 46.61.024) decriminalized by RCW 46.63.020 during the period from the latter statute's effective date on January 1, 1981, until it was amended on April 16, 1981? We hold that it was.

On January 12, 1981, James Taylor was arrested for attempting to elude a pursuing police officer ("felony flight"), in violation of RCW 46.61.024. He was subsequently charged by information with that offense. Taylor first moved to dismiss the information...

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