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Lake Forest Park Municipal Court grants multiple suppression motions; issues deferred findings and continuances
Summary
Judge Grant granted several motions to suppress and dismiss for discovery failures or DNR filings, approved multiple deferred findings and set continuances (notably to March 23, 2026) for several infraction matters.
Judge Grant presiding in Lake Forest Park Municipal Court on Dec. 22 granted a series of motions to suppress and dismiss after defense counsel said the city had not provided requested discovery, approved several deferred findings and set multiple continuances to March 23, 2026.
The decisions affected multiple infraction cases on the afternoon calendar. Defense counsel told the court they were filing 3.1(b) discovery requests and, where there was no city response, asked the court to suppress evidence and dismiss. The judge repeatedly granted those motions, including in camera-ticket and photo-ticket matters.
"I will suppress and dismiss," Judge Grant said in response to a motion framed under the court's discovery rule. On…
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