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STATE v. SMITH

No. 43721.

88 Wn.2d 127 (1977)

559 P.2d 970

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. HAROLD BERNARD SMITH, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Dean Morgan, Michael H. Hicks, and Jackson H. Welch of Clark County Legal Defender, for petitioner.

James E. Carty, Prosecuting Attorney, George O. Darkenwald, Chief Criminal Deputy, and Dennis M. Hunter and Sharon Howard, Deputies, for respondent.

WRIGHT, J.

Appellant Harold Bernard Smith was convicted of first-degree murder in the Superior Court for Clark County. The Court of Appeals determined that only three issues raised on appeal warranted any detailed consideration and discussion: (1) whether the seizure of Smith's clothes without a warrant when he was a patient in a hospital security room, plus admitting the clothes into the trial evidence against him, violated...

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