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STATE v. MAYES

No. 2592-2.

20 Wn. App. 184 (1978)

579 P.2d 999

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. ROBERT MELVIN MAYES, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

As amended by order June 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl D. Teitge and Sinnitt, Teitge & Sinnitt, Inc., P.S., for appellant.

Don Herron, Prosecuting Attorney, and Joseph D. Mladinov, Senior Deputy, for respondent.

[As amended by order of the Court of Appeals June 20, 1978.]

PEARSON, C.J.

The defendant, Robert Mayes, killed Wesley Cameron by stabbing him in the heart in a fight over some heroin. Mayes was charged with first-degree murder. RCW 9.48.030.1 The major issue at trial was whether the killing was done in self-defense. The State argued that Mayes, a heroin addict, murdered Cameron, a heroin dealer, in order to steal his heroin. Mayes...

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