State v. Adams

76 Wn.2d 650 (1969)

458 P.2d 558

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

JERRY RALPH ADAMS, Appellant.[*]

No. 39402.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 11, 1969.

J. Lael Simmons and John R. Simmons, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Robert E. Schillberg, Merle E. Wilcox, Donald J. Hale, and Bruce A. Keithly, for respondent.

NEILL, J.

This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder. The jury returned a recommendation for the death penalty which was pronounced as the sentence. The evidence is entirely circumstantial. The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged by…