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STATE v. DUNCAN

No. 55362-9.

111 Wn.2d 859 (1989)

765 P.2d 1300

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. SAMUEL DAVID DUNCAN, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mestel & Muenster, by Peter Offenbecher, for appellant.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Dean Lum and Cynthia Gannett, Deputies, for respondent.

DORE, J.

We affirm a trial court's order reinstating an information charging first and second degree murder, which the trial court had previously dismissed on double jeopardy grounds. The defendant has no constitutional or statutory guaranty against prosecution for murders committed in this state, regardless of certain proceedings in Arkansas involving proof of the same accusations.

FACTS

On April 20, 1984, Samuel David Duncan was charged by information...

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