STATE v. HENDERSON

No. 95603-1.

430 P.3d 637 (2018)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Michael David HENDERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed December 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Marie Summers , James Morrissey Whisman , King County Prosecutor's Office, 516 3rd Avenue, Suite W554, Seattle, WA 98104-2362, for Petitioner.

Maria Leslie Zink , The Law Office of Maria Zink, PLLC, 1037 NE 65th Street, #80840, Seattle, WA 9815, Gregory Charles Link , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA 98101-3647, for Respondent.

Cynthia B. Jones , Jones Legal Group, LLC, 1200 5th Avenue, Suite 625, Seattle, WA 98101-3118, Rita Joan Griffith , Attorney at Law, 4616 25th Avenue NE, PMB 453 Seattle, WA 98105-4523, for Amicus Curiae Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Seth Aaron Fine , Snohomish County Prosecutors Office, 3000 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, WA 98201-4060, for Amicus Curiae Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.


¶ 1 It is generally not murder to kill another in self-defense. It may not be murder — though it is often a serious crime — to kill another by accident. Michael Henderson shot and killed Abubakar Abdi during an argument. Henderson was charged with felony murder based on second degree assault with a deadly weapon...

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