State v. Wanrow

Defendant appeals a conviction of second-degree murder and first-degree assault with a deadly weapon. We reverse and remand the case for a new trial.

On an early August morning the defendant while at the home of a friend, Mrs. Hooper, wounded one man and fatally shot another who allegedly had molested Mrs. Hooper’s 7-year-old daughter. Immediately after the shooting, Mrs. Hooper called the police by way of the Spokane Police Crime Check emergency telephone number. During the conversation Mrs. Hooper stated: “Please come to 2903 E. Gordon, there is a guy broke in and my girlfriend shot him.”…