STATE v. ODELL

No. 31444.

38 Wn.2d 4 (1951)

227 P.2d 710

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. WAYNE ODELL, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

February 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Del Cary Smith and Robertson & Smith (Claude K. Irwin, of counsel), for appellant.

Lawrence Hickman, S.R. Clegg, and Edward G. Cross, for respondent.


BEALS, J.

The defendant, Wayne Odell, was born in Whitman county October 8, 1927, and, with his parents, resided at Steptoe, in that county.

Very early on the morning of December 24, 1949, the defendant killed Harold Rogers, by shooting him with a shotgun, at the latter's home near Winona in Whitman county. Thereafter, he was, by information, charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, and pleaded not guilty, entering a special plea of insanity or...

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