STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 2139-3.

19 Wn. App. 200 (1978)

574 P.2d 741

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. CURTIS LEE JOHNSON, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

January 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Strait, for appellant.

Arthur R. Eggers, Prosecuting Attorney, and Jerry A. Votendahl, Special Deputy, for respondent.


McINTURFF, J.

Curtis Lee Johnson appeals from a first-degree murder conviction arising out of a stabbing in a breezeway at the state penitentiary. His defense was an alibi — that he was in the prison cafeteria at the time of the incident.

Mr. Johnson presents nine assignments of error, but his principle contentions concern the advisability of giving an alibi instruction. The court instructed the jury:

A defense interposed by the defendant in...

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