STATE v. PEREZ-CERVANTES

No. 66719-5.

6 P.3d 1160 (2000)

141 Wash.2d 468

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Antonio PEREZ-CERVANTES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ladenburg, Pierce County Prosecutor, John Martin Neeb, Deputy, Tacoma, for Petitioner.

Ronald D. Ness & Assoc., Judith Michele Mandel, John L. Cross, Port Orchard, for Respondent.


ALEXANDER, J.

Antonio Perez-Cervantes was found guilty of the second degree murder of Samuel Thomas. Perez-Cervantes appealed his conviction to the Court of Appeals, and asserted there that the trial court erroneously prevented his counsel from arguing to the jury that it was Thomas' use of illicit drugs and his failure to seek medical attention, rather than the stab wounds he received at the hand of the defendant, that caused his death. The Court of Appeals agreed...

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