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STATE v. MORTON

No. 43025.

83 Wn.2d 863 (1974)

523 P.2d 199

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. JOHN MORTON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 13, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry R. Dunn, Prosecuting Attorney, and C.C. Bridgewater, Jr., and James Warm, Deputies, for appellant.

D.L. Donaldson and Walstead, Mertsching, Husemoen, Donaldson & Barlow, for respondent.

HUNTER, J.

The defendant (respondent), John Morton, an elementary school principal in the Woodland School District No. 404, was charged with criminal offenses in four counts of an amended information filed in the Superior Court for Cowlitz County. Count 1 accused the defendant of committing the crime of asking or receiving a bribe (RCW 9.18.020), and charged that the defendant was a person who "executes functions of a public officer" and had unlawfully received $120...

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