STATE v. BATTEN

No. 2005-2.

16 Wn. App. 313 (1976)

556 P.2d 551

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. WILLIAM C. BATTEN, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

October 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Ness, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

John C. Merkel, Prosecuting Attorney, and Warren K. Sharpe, Deputy, for respondent.


COCHRAN, J.*

The sole question raised on this appeal is whether, in sentencing the defendant to consecutive terms on three counts of assault, the trial court abused its discretion in considering the arrest of the defendant in another county on a charge of murder.

The defendant was convicted by a jury on three counts of second-degree assault on three of his stepchildren. Prior to sentencing, he was charged with the murder of two...

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