STATE v. TOWNSEND

No. 68337-9.

15 P.3d 145 (2001)

142 Wash.2d 838

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Roy James TOWNSEND, a/k/a Roy Campbells Townsend, a/k/a David W. Rivera, a/k/a Roy J. Justiniano, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided January 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Edward Doyle, Hansville, WA, for Petitioner.

David Brian St. Pierre, Assistant City Attorney, Bremerton, WA, for Respondent.


MADSEN, J.

Petitioner seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming his first degree murder conviction and rejecting his contention that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel when he failed to object to the oral instructions to the jury during voir dire that the present charges did not involve the death penalty. Additionally, the petitioner argues that the court erred when it found sufficient evidence to support premeditation. We hold...

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