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What can the appeals court do about deciding against WA state law RCW 46.16A.030? Can they decide against it, or will they have their hands tied?
Asked on Feb 14th, 2012 on Automobile Accidents - Washington
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Recently my fiance and I went to court about our license plate; I could go into detail about the whole situation, but what I really want to know is that if the law says this: " (a) For a first offense:
(i) Up to three hundred sixty-four days in the county jail;
(ii) Payment of a fine of five hundred twenty-nine dollars plus any applicable assessments, which may not be suspended, deferred, or reduced. The fine of five hundred twenty-nine dollars must be deposited into the vehicle licensing fraud account created in the state treasury in RCW 46.68.250;"
Then is there anything the appeals court can do? Or will they say the same thing the other judge said; that their hands are tied?
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The Court of Appeals can only interpret a statute and determine whether it was applied properly at the lower court level.. It can't change the law. It is up to the Legislature to change a law.
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Answered on Feb 15th, 2012 at 1:10 PM