STATE v. MAK

No. 49966-7.

105 Wn.2d 692 (1986)

718 P.2d 407

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. KWAN FAI MAK, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Thoenig, James E. Lobsenz, and Eric J. Nielsen of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for appellant.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert S. Lasnik and William L. Downing, Senior Deputies, for respondent.


ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

In a crime which set a new gauge for cowardly murder in this state, the Wah Mee Club in downtown Seattle's International District was robbed and all of its patrons and employees were shot in the head. The three armed people who perpetrated this deed held up the club at gunpoint, hog-tied and robbed the men and woman in the club and then systematically shot each of them in the head as they lay bound and helpless. Twelve died there...

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