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STATE v. EDWARDS

No. 40869-1-I.

961 P.2d 969 (1998)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Christopher EDWARDS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Bruce Koch, Seattle, for Appellant.

Seth Aaron Fine, Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney, Everett, for Respondent.

APPELWICK, Judge.

Appellant challenges the trial court's refusal to give a jury instruction requiring the jury to apply the first degree murder definition of "extreme indifference to human life" in cases of homicide by abuse. We hold that, as used in the homicide by abuse statute, "extreme indifference to human life" refers to an indifference to the life of the particular victim and not an indifference to human life in general. The trial court was correct in declining...

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