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STATE v. CLAXTON

No. 1101-1.

7 Wn. App. 598 (1972)

501 P.2d 192

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. RICHARD CLAXTON, Appellant.

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

September 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marilyn Sloan and Robert T. Czeisler, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Jane A. Mason, Prosecuting Attorney, and David E. Rhea, Jr., for respondent.

FARRIS, A.C.J.

Mr. Claxton appeals from a conviction of the crime of flag desecration. The facts are not in dispute. The appeal questions whether his acts were a violation of RCW 9.86.030. That statute provides:

No person shall knowingly cast contempt upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield, as defined in RCW 9.86.010, by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon said flag, standard...

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