STATE v. COLE

Nos. 37710, 37919.

67 Wn.2d 522 (1965)

408 P.2d 387

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. FRED HOWARD COLE, Appellant. In the Matter of FRED HOWARD COLE, Petitioner, v. JACK D. PORTER, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 2, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lanning and Robert S. Egger, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Richard J. Glein, and David A. Berner, for respondent.

Will M. Derig, amicus curiae.


HUNTER, J.

The defendant (appellant), Fred Howard Cole, was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Susan Nellis Cole. The jury did not inflict the death penalty. The trial court, on June 23, 1964, denied defendant's motion for new trial. This appeal followed.

Mrs. Cole was struck and killed the night of March 7, 1963, by two of three bullets fired by an unknown assailant through the kitchen window of the North Seattle residence she...

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