STATE v. MURPHY

No. 523-2.

7 Wn. App. 505 (1972)

500 P.2d 1276

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. DON MURPHY, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

August 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton W. Lyon, Jr. and Ronald J. Meltzer, for appellant.

Ronald L. Hendry, Prosecuting Attorney, Joseph D. Mladinov, Special Counsel, and Eugene G. Olson, Chief Criminal Deputy, for respondent.


PETRIE, C.J.

Don Murphy, the defendant, owns and operates a demolition-construction business as well as a lumber yard at 64th and Waller Road in Pierce County. As a matter of policy, he has weapons hidden in strategic locations throughout his business area so that, in his words,

[S]hould anyone come in there with an idea of robbing anyone, and if he stayed over 15 minutes, somewhere in that time one or more of...

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