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STATE v. WOLDEGIORGIS

No. 19997-8-I.

53 Wn. App. 92 (1988)

765 P.2d 920

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. TEKLE GEBREAB WOLDEGIORGIS, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

December 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie A. Kesler and Eric Nielsen of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for appellant.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Marilyn A. Nowogroski, Deputy, for respondent.

WILLIAMS, J.

Tekle Woldegiorgis was convicted by jury of the second degree murder of his wife and the first degree murder of his brother-in-law. He appeals; we affirm.

The murders were committed at night in the living room of the family apartment, where Tekle and his brother-in-law slept on couches and his wife in a bed. Tekle stabbed his brother-in-law 14 times with a knife estimated by the medical examiner to...

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