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Article: City keeps municipal court plan alive: Council votes 1-year stay with District Court.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- December 19, 2006
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Byline: By Mike Prager
Dec. 19--Spokane city officials are still considering a withdrawal of the city's municipal court from Spokane County District Court after the state Supreme Court last month upheld the city's right to do so.
City Council members voted unanimously Monday in favor of a resolution to remain in District Court for one more year, but the city could withdraw at the end of 2007, said Milt Rowland, assistant city attorney. Mayor Dennis Hession said in an interview that he wants to keep options open. Rowland said those options include a stand-alone city court to handle misdemeanors and civil infractions, or a city-county court similar ...