Legal Opinion
State v. Fortune
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 25, 1996No. 63001-1PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDollxver, J.
— Petitioner/Defendant appeals his first degree murder conviction. The jury was not required to agree unanimously on whether Defendant premeditated the killing or committed it in the course of a robbery. Defendant contends this lack of unanimity violates his right to the due process of law.
Near the beginning of December 1990, Robert Fortune and Gregory Miller rented an apartment, which they shared as roommates. On January 9, 1991, Gregory Miller was found dead in their apartment. Miller had been killed by repeated blows to the head with a sledgehammer. The blood stains in the apartment…
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