STATE v. WILLIS

No. 37215.

67 Wn.2d 681 (1966)

409 P.2d 669

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. ROY ALLEN WILLIS, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dimmick, Sampson & Savage, by Anthony Savage, Jr., for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll and Richard M. Ishikawa, for respondent.


OTT, J.

Roy Allen Willis, alias Lance Miller, alias Allen Kendall, admitted he shot and killed Helen M. Finnie in her apartment at approximately 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 28, 1962.

At the trial before a jury, his sole defense was that the homicide was the result of an accident which occurred as he pulled an unlicensed pistol from his pocket, upon arising from a bed on which he had been lying. The pistol then discharged, the bullet striking Helen Finnie...

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