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STATE v. SHIPP

Nos. 45273, 46322, 46289.

93 Wn.2d 510 (1980)

610 P.2d 1322

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JOYCE ANNA SHIPP, Defendant, ATIS WALTER KRUMINS, Appellant. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. CHESTER E. VAN ANTWERP, Petitioner. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. DARWIN GARY HINZ, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Allen, for appellant.

Robert C. Boruchowitz and Gilbert H. Levy of Seattle-King County Public Defender Association, for petitioners.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, Ronald H. Clark, Senior Deputy, and J. Robin Hunt and Mark H. Sidran, Deputies, for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

These three consolidated cases involve challenges to jury instructions which defined knowledge under the Washington Criminal Code adopted in 1975. The instructions directed the jury to find that a person has knowledge if it finds that "he has information which would lead a reasonable person in the same situation to believe that [the relevant] facts exist." We find that these instructions were based on an incorrect interpretation of RCW 9A.08.010(1...

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