STATE v. MURPHY

No. 35206.

56 Wn.2d 761 (1960)

355 P.2d 323

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JAMES MICHAEL MURPHY, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray B. Guterson and Alfred J. Bianchi, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Joel A.C. Rindal, and Anthony Savage, Jr., for respondent.

Ralph W. Johnson, Leonard W. Schroeter, and David P. Skellenger, amici curiae.


FINLEY, J.

Appellant, James Michael Murphy, was charged (by information filed by the state of Washington, respondent herein, on October 6, 1959), with the crime of murder in the first degree, alleged to have been committed as follows:

"He, the said JAMES MICHAEL MURPHY, in the County of King, State of Washington, on or about the 2nd day of October, 1958, with a premeditated design to effect the death of one Robert Jack Blair, a human being, and while then...

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