State v. Robinson

Following a shooting in front of the White Sands Cafe, Seattle, defendant was charged with the crime of second-degree murder. His appeal is taken from the sentence entered upon a verdict finding him guilty of manslaughter, the lesser crime.

The facts are brief. Decedent was an interloper to a quarrel between defendant and another. He threatened to kill defendant and his companions, brandished a gun and struck him in the eye. Defendant and his friends thereupon left the area by automobile, armed themselves with weapons and returned to the scene of combat. When the armed victim appeared in the…