STATE v. LANE

No. 55690-3.

112 Wn.2d 464 (1989)

771 P.2d 1150

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JEFFREY EUGENE LANE, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Thoenig, Lloyde L. Alton, Jr., and L. Steve Edmondson of Department of Assigned Counsel, for petitioners Lane and Anderson.

Davies Pearson, by Clifford G. Morey, for petitioner Woods.

John W. Ladenburg, Prosecuting Attorney, and Chris Quinn-Brintnall, Senior Appellate Deputy, for respondent.


ANDERSEN, J.

FACTS OF CASE

At issue in this case is whether the State of Washington has jurisdiction to try the three petitioners for aggravated first degree murder. The petitioners maintain that the State lacks jurisdiction because the victim was killed at Fort Lewis, Washington, on land held under exclusive federal jurisdiction.

The parcel of Pierce County land ceded to the federal government for a military...

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