State v. Case

49 Wn.2d 66 (1956)

298 P.2d 500

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

EARL C. CASE, Appellant.[1]

No. 33316.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 7, 1956.

Warner, Pierce & Peden, for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll, Laurence D. Regal, and Virginia S. Mueller, for respondent.

HILL, J.

This appeal is based primarily upon misconduct of a deputy prosecuting attorney in the trial of the case.

There is a canon of ethics (No. 15) which states, in part:

"It is improper for a lawyer to assert in argument his personal belief in his client's innocence or in the justice of his cause." 34A Wn. (2d) 131.

It…