STATE v. ROSE

No. 36044.

62 Wn.2d 309 (1963)

382 P.2d 513

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. EDWARD R. ROSE, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 13, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Filis L. Otto (of Ruff, Otto & Potter), for appellant.

John G. McCutcheon and Schuyler J. Witt, for respondent.


DONWORTH, J.

Appellant was tried and convicted of the criminal offense of sodomy. The only question presented by this appeal is whether prejudicial error was committed by the trial court in denying appellant's motion for a mistrial when the deputy prosecuting attorney, in his closing argument to the jury, referred to appellant as a "drunken homosexual."1

[1] Whether the use...

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