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STATE v. CASE

No. 33316.

49 Wn.2d 66 (1956)

298 P.2d 500

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. EARL C. CASE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 7, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warner, Pierce & Peden, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Laurence D. Regal, and Virginia S. Mueller, for respondent.

HILL, J.

This appeal is based primarily upon misconduct of a deputy prosecuting attorney in the trial of the case.

There is a canon of ethics (No. 15) which states, in part:

"It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence or in the justice of his cause." 34A Wn. (2d) 131.

It should be implicit that it is just as reprehensible for one appearing as a public prosecutor to assert in argument his...

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