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STATE v. HAWKINS

No. 10936-1-II.

53 Wn. App. 598 (1989)

769 P.2d 856

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. CHARLES DENNIS HAWKINS, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

March 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Johnson and Brosey, Johnson & Williams, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

James R. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, and Nelson E. Hunt, Deputy, for respondent.

REED, J.

Charles Hawkins appeals his first degree murder conviction and 50-year sentence. He challenges evidentiary rulings, a comment by the trial judge regarding the admissibility of summarized tape recordings, and the reasons for and length of the exceptional sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.

Oda Couch, an elderly man, was found dead in his trailer home in Randle, Washington, on the night of November 13, 1984. His house had been set on fire with a...

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