STATE v. WATSON

No. 11234-5-II.

55 Wn. App. 320 (1989)

777 P.2d 46

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. WALTER EUGENE WATSON, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

August 16, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Ladenburg, Prosecuting Attorney, and H. Eben Gorbaty, Deputy, for appellant.

John B. Atkinson and Charles J. Herrmann, for respondent.


PETRICH, J.

The State appeals the trial court's award to the defendant reimbursing him for his legal fees, defense expenses, and loss of time pursuant to RCW 9.01.200.

The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in awarding the defendant his loss of time, legal fees, and expenses based on a special interrogatory to the jury defining the basis of the acquittal without instructing the jury on the burden of proof and without conducting a separate evidentiary...

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