Gardner & Adams Co. v. Commissioner

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• holding that the result of an administrative Department of Social and Health Services hearing involving the same defendant could not prevent the State from later prosecuting the defendant
• rejecting for public policy reasons application of collateral estoppel in a criminal proceeding regarding a prior Department of Social and Health Services determination
• finding reversible error where the trial court refused a duress instruction because it judged the harm to the defendant was not immediate
• rejecting for public policy reasons application of collateral estoppel in a criminal proceeding regarding a prior Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) determination
• finding reversible error where the trial court refused a duress instruction because it judged the harm to the defendant was not immediate
• declining to give preclu-sive effect to administrative decision on issue of intent to receive welfare benefits

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