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STATE v. CUNNINGHAM

No. 2218-3.

23 Wn. App. 826 (1979)

598 P.2d 756

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. EDWARD LEON CUNNINGHAM, ET AL, Appellants.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

July 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Putney (of Halverson, Applegate & McDonald), Wiley G. Hurst (of Elofson, Vincent, Hurst, Crossland & Menke), Paul M. Larson (of Brooks & Larson), Russell J. Mazzola, and Smith & Scott, for appellants (appointed counsel for appeal).

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert N. Hackett, Jr., Deputy, for respondent.

ROE, J.

On September 19, 1976, 3-year-old David Weilbacher was found dead in the back bedroom of the Cunningham home in Yakima, Washington. Until his death, David lived with his mother Debbie Weilbacher, Leon Cunningham and his wife Velma, their daughter Carolyn Cunningham, and a family friend, Lorraine Ann Edwards. In April 1976, Leon, a self-ordained minister and head of the communal household, suspected that David was possessed by the devil. Relying on a biblical...

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