The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Yakima Herald-Republic's case to obtain public defender billing records that show how $2 million was spent on one case.
The Yakima Herald-Republic's story on the oral argumenet is here and the AP's is here. Background on the case is here.
Video of the oral argument is here. It is an amazing argument.
NOTE: Michele Earl-Hubbard of Allied Law Group argued the case on behalf of the newspaper.
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