STATE v. BAIRD

No. 35019-6-I.

922 P.2d 157 (1996)

83 Wash.App. 477

The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. James Thomas BAIRD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

September 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Starck M. Follis, Bellingham, for Appellant.

David Stuart McEachran, Laura D. Hayes, Bellingham, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, Judge.

One morning after James Thomas Baird and his wife, Susan, had coffee together, Baird followed Susan upstairs, beat her unconscious, then surgically disfigured her face. At trial, Baird offered evidence of an illegally-recorded conversation which Baird claimed triggered the assault. This case requires us to confront, for the first time, the competing interests involved when a criminal defendant offers evidence...

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