State v. Mason

Defendant, Gary Mason, appeals his conviction for first degree assault. Defendant's appeal essentially raises two questions: (1) whether he waived his right to counsel and made a voluntary statement to the police, and (2) whether the corpus delicti was properly shown at trial prior to the introduction of admissions he made to police and others. We answer both inquiries in the affirmative and, accordingly, affirm.

Shortly after midnight on January 1, 1980, this 17-year-old defendant and a companion escaped from the Green Hill School in Chehalis, a juvenile detention facility. They were…