STATE v. HIGA

No. 6469-3-II.

38 Wn. App. 522 (1984)

685 P.2d 1117

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. KATSUTOSHI HIGA, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

August 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Kaukl, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

William H. Griffies, Prosecuting Attorney, and Barbara L. Corey-Boulet, Deputy, for respondent.


PETRICH, C.J.

Defendant Katsutoshi Higa appeals his conviction for first degree possession of stolen property and attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. Higa's appeal presents two issues for review. First, was it an abuse of the trial court's discretion to proceed to trial without a formal evidentiary hearing to determine Higa's competency to stand trial, when the circumstances of the charged offense were bizarre and after Higa displayed aberrant and disruptive...

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