STATE v. THOMPSON

No. 4617-1.

17 Wn. App. 639 (1977)

564 P.2d 820

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR THOMPSON, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

May 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Laidman and Bruce MacLean, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Christopher T. Bayley, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael P. Ruark, Deputy, for respondent.


JAMES, J.

At jury trial, Douglas Thompson was convicted of first-degree murder. Counsel for Thompson seeks reversal on the general theory that Thompson was either insane or too drunk at the time of the crime to have been guilty of first-degree murder. He also argues that certain testimony should not have been excluded as hearsay. Thompson has filed his own supplemental brief challenging the admissibility of certain evidence...

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