Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint of Hagler
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 9, 1982No. 48148-2PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
Two personal restraint petitions have been consolidated for this appeal. John Wesley Polk attacks his conviction of first degree murder; David Fred Hagler attacks his conviction of second degree murder. Both petitioners claim that a jury instruction found unconstitutional after their convictions became final impaired their right to a fair trial.
The instruction complained of is one which at the time of petitioners' trials was standard in this state: "The law presumes that every man intends the natural and probable *819consequences of his own acts".
On June 18, 1979, the United States Supreme Court…
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