STATE v. COLES

No. 4096-II.

28 Wn. App. 563 (1981)

625 P.2d 713

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. WELFORD COLES, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

March 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Farra, for appellant.

Curtis M. Janhunen, Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.


PETRICH, J.

Welford Coles has appealed his conviction for second degree murder. The issues raised on appeal concern whether custodial statements made by defendant to law enforcement officers after he asserted his right to remain silent were admissible at trial, and whether cross-examination of the defendant by the prosecuting attorney and the prosecuting attorney's statements during closing argument amounted to prosecutorial misconduct. We hold that defendant's custodial...

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