Legal Opinion
State v. Vidal
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 1973No. 42091PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
Defendant appeals from a conviction of the first-degree murder of a 13-year-old Tacoma, Washington boy on June 16,1970.
The arrest of the defendant occurred in the following manner. At approximately 8:12 p.m. on July 15, 1970, the chief of police of Osburn, Idaho received a call from the sheriff’s office in Wallace, Idaho informing him that there was a man at the Osburn fire station who wanted to talk to him. According to this police officer, the defendant told him that he wanted to confess to a murder in Tacoma, Washington. The police officer testified that he informed the defendant of his…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by28 opinions
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