STATE v. MULLIN-COSTON

No. 49713-8-I.

64 P.3d 40 (2003)

115 Wash.App. 679

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Thomas MULLIN-COSTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

February 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Gibson, Catherine Glinski, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, for Appellant.

Lee D. Yates, Senior Deputy Pros. Atty., Seattle, for Respondent.


COLEMAN, J.

A jury convicted Thomas Mullin-Coston of premeditated first degree murder for his role in the strangling and stabbing death of 15-year-old Sarah Starling. A different jury previously convicted Mullin-Coston's codefendant of the lesser degree offense of second degree intentional murder. The primary issue presented on appeal is whether the doctrine of nonmutual collateral estoppel precludes the State from relitigating the codefendant's premeditation. We...

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