Legal Opinion
State v. Cole
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 2, 1965No. 37710, 37919PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHunter, J.
— The defendant (appellant), Fred Howard Cole, was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his former wife, Susan Nellis Cole. The jury did not inflict the death penalty. The trial court, on June 23, 1964, denied defendant’s motion for new trial. This appeal followed.
Mrs. Cole was struck and killed the night of March 7, 1963, by two of three bullets fired by an unknown assailant through the kitchen window of the North Seattle residence she was leasing.
The defendant disappeared following the murder and was a prime suspect. The record reveals that after an extended and bitter divorce…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. CadenaWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- State v. BlizzardCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
- State v. StephensCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
- State v. BrooksCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1976
- State v. DrewWashington Supreme Court · 1967
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