STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 43797.

87 Wn.2d 783 (1976)

557 P.2d 1

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. ANDREW JAMES WRIGHT, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert G. Lirhus and Fred H. Dore (of Dore & Dubuar), for appellant.

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and James J. Lamont, Senior Deputy, for respondent.


UTTER, J.

Andrew James Wright was convicted in a jury trial of first-degree murder, while armed with a deadly weapon, in the death of his wife, Kathleen Wright. He urges reversal of this conviction on several grounds, including a claimed violation of due process by the destruction of numerous items of material evidence prior to trial. The destruction was undertaken by or at the direction of officers investigating the crime without consent of appellant or the superior...

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