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State v. Rivera

Citations

  • 754 P.2d 701
  • 51 Wash. App. 556
  • 1988 Wash. App. LEXIS 252

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  • knowing that the state’s witness lived with her mother, the state failed to exercise good faith reasonable effort to procure the witness’s testimony in failing to ask the mother where the witness might be located during a three-day continuance granted by the court
  • prosecution's obligation to exercise good faith in attempting to procure witness's attendance not satisfied where prosecution's only effort was issuance of a subpoena
  • State's only effort in obtaining witness's attendance was the issuance of a subpoena; State made no attempt to locate the witness
  • prosecution’s obligation to exercise good faith in attempting to procure witness’s attendance not satisfied where prosecution’s only effort was issuance of a subpoena

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Judges: Green

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