STATE v. NEWTON

No. 43865.

87 Wn.2d 363 (1976)

552 P.2d 682

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. EDWIN DONALD NEWTON, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Schillberg, Prosecuting Attorney, and David G. Metcalf, Deputy, for appellant.

Robert T. Farrell, for respondent.


HOROWITZ, J.

The State appeals a decision of the Snohomish County Superior Court, on defendant's application for post-conviction relief, ordering defendant's judgment and sentence vacated because defendant's plea of guilty was accepted by the trial court without an admission of guilt and in the face of his protestations of innocence.

The facts are these. On January 16, 1973, defendant Edwin Donald Newton was charged by information in Snohomish County Superior...

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