State v. Pitts

Dawson, J. †

Five counts were laid in King County Superior Court charging George Henry Pitts with crimes against nature, crimen innominatum, naming three teenage boys as his victims. The jury found the defendant guilty of the charges as laid in counts 3 and 4, arising from one alleged act, and involving one 14-year-old boy, whom we will hereinafter refer to as the prosecuting witness. Defendant has appealed this conviction.

Appellant predicates error in several assignments which will be considered seriatim.

The first assignment questions admission of state’s exhibit No. 14, a one-page written…