Legal Opinion
State v. Richardson
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1938No. 27200. Department TwoPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSimpson, J.
The defendants were charged by information with murder in the first degree. Del Richardson was charged with the actual commission of the crime, and Claire Richardson with aiding and abetting him in its commission.
The case came on for trial, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty, with a finding that the death penalty be not inflicted. Motion for a new trial having been made and overruled, judgment and sentence were entered, from which the defendants appeal.
The following are appellants’ assignments of error: (a) In holding that the corpus delicti had been proven; (b) in submitting to the…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Moore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Frank v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- State v. KentNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1896
- State v. ReedSupreme Court of Kansas · 1894
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3Cited by27 opinions
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