STATE v. DOW

No. 81243-8.

227 P.3d 1278 (2010)

168 Wash.2d 243

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Keith Ian DOW, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided February 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Hays, Attorney at Law, Longview, WA, for Petitioner.

Amie L. Hunt, Cowlitz County Prosecutor's Office, Kelso, WA, for Respondent.


C. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 This case involves a challenge to the application of RCW 10.58.035, a statute concerning the corpus delicti rule. RCW 10.58.035 permits a lawfully obtained and otherwise admissible statement of a defendant to be admitted when independent proof of the crime is absent, the alleged victim is dead or incompetent to testify, and the defendant's statement is found trustworthy based on a nonexclusive set of statutory factors that a trial court must...

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