STATE v. BELL

No. 12464-5-II.

60 Wn. App. 561 (1991)

805 P.2d 815

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. EDDIE WAYNE BELL, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

February 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin B. McGoffin and McGoffin & McGoffin, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

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


ALEXANDER, J.

Eddie Wayne Bell was found guilty and sentenced in Pierce County Superior Court for the second degree murder of Pete Brudevold, the Mayor of Ruston. Bell appeals the conviction, assigning error to the trial court's exclusion of certain evidence regarding the victim's alleged homosexual tendencies and to its refusal to instruct the jury on the claimed defenses of justifiable and excusable homicide. We affirm.

There were no witnesses to the incident...

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