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State v. Fish

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided October 18, 1999No. 40507-1-IPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtEllington, J.

Darrell Fish fired three shots into a car filled with seven teenagers. Angela Garcia was killed. At his murder trial, Fish claimed he acted in self-defense because he thought someone in the car was about to fire a gun at him. We hold that Fish was not twice put in jeopardy for his offense, and we find no error in the exclusion of certain evidence, no basis for an excusable homicide instruction, and that any prosecutorial misconduct was harmless. We affirm.

Facts

On the evening of March 2, 1996, Angela Garcia, her boyfriend Fred James, her younger brother Sean Garcia, and their friends John…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. State v. BrownWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. PowellWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. LaneWashington Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. LillardCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2004
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  3. State v. WarrenCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2006
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  5. State v. MohamedWashington Supreme Court · 2016

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