STATE v. WALTON

No. 553-1.

5 Wn. App. 150 (1971)

486 P.2d 1118

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. MAXINE JANECE WALTON, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One — Panel 1.

June 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hohlbein, Vanderhoef & Sawyer and Wesley G. Hohlbein, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and Roy N. Howson, Deputy, for respondent.


UTTER, J.

Maxine Walton, appellant herein, was found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder. She assigns error to four allegedly improper statements made by the deputy prosecuting attorney during his closing argument. The sole question is whether the statements prejudiced her right to receive a fair trial.

[1] Three statements were expressions of inferences and deductions the prosecutor urged the...

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