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STATE v. LANNING

No. 984-41615-1.

5 Wn. App. 426 (1971)

487 P.2d 785

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JAMES LANNING, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One — Panel 2.

July 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Mansfield and William A. Stiles, Jr., for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Earl F. Angevine, Prosecuting Attorney, and Gilbert E. Mullen, Deputy, for respondent.

SWANSON, J.

James Lanning was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree, in that he "did ... with a premeditated design to affect the death of Mary Chapin ... stab, cut, and wound ... Mary Chapin, of which said mortal wounds ... Mary Chapin ... languished and died on November 19, 1969."

A Skagit County jury found Lanning guilty1 as charged, and he appeals.

At approximately 7:20 p.m. on November 19, 1969, three...

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