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STATE v. BRUNSON

Nos. 62141-1, 62645-6.

905 P.2d 346 (1995)

128 Wash.2d 98

The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Kevin Joe BRUNSON, Petitioner. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint Petition of Kevin Joe BRUNSON, Petitioner. The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Eric Eugene WEST, Petitioner. The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Chad R. ZACHARIASEN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 9, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorraine Lee, Federal Way, Kevin Brunson, Shelton, Nielsen & Acosta, Eric Nielsen, Seattle, Elaine Winters, Seattle, Washington Appellate Project, Richard Tassano, Seattle, for Petitioners.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Peter R. Goldman, Deputy, Seattle, for Respondent.

GUY, Justice.

Trial courts in three burglary cases instructed their juries that they may make the following inference: a person who enters or remains unlawfully in a building intends to commit a crime against people or property inside. Defendants argue the inference is unconstitutional. The Court of Appeals upheld the validity of the instruction, and we affirm.

FACTS

Kevin Brunson

At 3:38 a.m. on March 24, 1991, a police officer found a...

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