STATE v. RUNIONS

No. 48972-6.

100 Wn.2d 52 (1983)

665 P.2d 1358

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. PATRICK RUNIONS, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Spencer, Prosecuting Attorney, and Gerald R. Fuller, Deputy, for petitioner.

John L. Farra, for respondent.


DIMMICK, J.

Where a defendant is convicted, and while his appeal is pending, he is compelled to testify against a codefendant under a grant of immunity pursuant to CrR 6.14, what effect, if any, does that grant of immunity have on his conviction and sentence? We hold that the grant of immunity has no effect whatsoever on the conviction and sentence, but would bar a retrial.

Defendant Runions confessed to the crime...

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