STATE v. KOMOK

No. 56229-6.

113 Wn.2d 810 (1989)

783 P.2d 1061

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. JOSEPH KOMOK, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa B. Doyle and Scott G. Busby of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Georgina D. Sierra and Peter R. Goldman, Deputies, for respondent.


SMITH, J.

This case involves the simple question whether Washington's theft statute, RCW 9A.56.020(1), retains the common law requirement of "intent to permanently deprive," although the language of the statute merely states "intent to deprive." We answer that it does not.

Petitioner Joseph A. Komok, age 16, was convicted in the Juvenile Department of the King County Superior Court under an information charging him...

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