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STATE v. BOX

No. 53417-9.

109 Wn.2d 320 (1987)

745 P.2d 23

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JEREMY A. BOX, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Ainsworth of Seattle-King County Public Defender Association, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, Robert S. Lasnik, Chief of Staff, and Alfred W. Matthews and Daniel L. Kinerk, Deputies, for respondent.

Randall Keys and Monte E. Hester, amici curiae for petitioner.

ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

At issue in this criminal case is whether the defendant was unconstitutionally assigned the burden of proving his insanity when he was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree.

Jeremy Box confessed that on the morning of May 27, 1984, he strangled Vesta Badeau and cut off her head with a butcher knife. In his recorded confession, the validity of which has not been questioned, he admitted that he had "premeditated...

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