STATE v. RUNNELLS

No. 37211.

64 Wn.2d 995 (1964)

390 P.2d 1003

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. ROBERT B. RUNNELLS, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes & Jeffers, for appellant.

E.R. Whitmore, Jr. and Robert E. Graham, for respondent.


WEAVER, J.

Defendant was convicted of first degree forgery. He took the stand in his own defense, claimed he was an alcoholic, and testified that he had "blanked out" and did not remember forging an endorsement on a check.

Defendant makes three assignments of error: the first and second to the court's refusal to give two requested instructions, and the third to instruction No. 13-A. All refer to intoxication as a defense.

Instruction No. 13, to which...

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