STATE v. RUSSELL

No. 49476-2.

101 Wn.2d 349 (1984)

678 P.2d 332

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. LOUIS EUGENE RUSSELL, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter K. Mair and Neubauer, Mair, Abercrombie & Hunsinger, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Rebecca J. Roe, Deputy, for respondent.


STAFFORD, J.

Petitioner, Louis Russell, asks this court to determine whether the double jeopardy clause bars retrial after a hung jury and whether on retrial the State may amend the information to charge, for the first time, second degree felony murder as an "alternative" to intentional second degree murder. We affirm the Court of Appeals in part and reverse it in part.

Initially, petitioner was charged with the premeditated first degree murder of Kenneth...

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