STATE v. THARP

No. 47454-1.

96 Wn.2d 591 (1981)

637 P.2d 961

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JO ELLIOTT THARP, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Resick and Warner & Resick, for petitioner.

David S. McEachran, Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.


HICKS, J.

The petitioner/appellant, Jo Elliott Tharp, was accused by information with the crime of murder in the second degree and tried before a jury. The State alleged that he shot and killed William Ray Bond on or about March 30, 1978, in violation of RCW 9A.32.050(1)(b). On that day in the early evening hours, a series of crimes was committed in a Bellingham neighborhood. Later, the evening of that day or the early morning hours of the next, other offenses were...

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