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STATE v. BENNETT

No. 37880-5-I.

940 P.2d 299 (1997)

87 Wash.App. 73

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Daun Leon BENNETT, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

July 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Curtin, Nielsen, Broman & Assoc., Seattle, Stephen Traylor, Seattle, for Appellant.

Seth Fine, Breck Marsh, Snohomish County Pros. Office, Everett, for Respondent.

COX, Judge.

Daun Leon Bennett challenges his conviction for attempted first degree murder. He claims that his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel by proposing a self-defense instruction that our Supreme Court disapproved after his trial.1 We conclude that the jury instructions were sufficient when read as a whole. Therefore counsel's representation was not deficient. Accordingly, we affirm.

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