STATE v. BARSTAD

No. 16359-8-III.

970 P.2d 324 (1999)

93 Wash.App. 553

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. James Benjamin BARSTAD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Five.

January 12, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. O'Brien, Charles S. Dorn & Brian O'Brien P.S., Matthew P. Arpin, Spokane, for Appellant.

Larry D. Steinmetz, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Spokane, for Respondent.

Joanne Farrell, Spokane, pro se.


KURTZ, J.

James B. Barstad killed two young women when he sped through a red light at a busy intersection in Spokane on the evening of May 25, 1996. Other motorists testified that in the moments before the fatal collisions, they witnessed him drive over the lawn of a private business, run another red light, and gesture angrily at them. Mr. Barstad explained his driving was affected by the emotional state produced by the large...

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