CORBETT, J.
Defendant, Mario Ortiz, appeals his judgment and sentence for aggravated first degree murder. Finding prejudicial error in the admission of certain rebuttal evidence, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
A 77-year-old woman was raped, beaten and stabbed to death in her Whatcom County home. Part of the evidence linking the defendant to the crime was an inculpatory statement he made to police following his arrest on an unrelated charge. The defense...
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