State v. Thompson

This is a review by writ of certiorari of an order entered by the Superior Court of Whatcom county requiring the prosecuting attorney of Whatcom county to produce certain evidence in his possession for defendant’s counsel to examine in preparation for their defense to a first-degree murder charge against the defendant.

Henry L. Thompson, Jr., an eighteen-year-old Indian boy from Deroche, Canada, was charged with the crime of murder in the first degree. He was arrested June 14, 1958 and arraigned on June 20,1958, during which time he was without the benefit of counsel. Since the defendant…