Legal Opinion

State v. Pleasant

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided August 22, 1978No. 2117-3PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMcInturff, J.

— Angelo Denny Pleasant appeals convictions of first-degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two Yakima teachers.

Mr. Pleasant, a stellar high school wrestler, was befriended by Glynn Moore, a teacher and coach at a Yakima high school who persuaded Mr. Pleasant to attend that school to participate in its wrestling program. Following a divorce from his wife, Dee Ann, Mr. Moore became depressed and obsessed with the idea of reuniting with his former wife. However, she was living with Morris Blanken-baker, another Yakima high school teacher, to whom she had been married for…

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. United States v. Steven John AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  4. State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Rupe v. WoodCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  2. State v. BartholomewWashington Supreme Court · 1982
  3. State v. DescoteauxWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  4. State v. LavarisWashington Supreme Court · 1983
  5. State v. WeddelCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981

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