Legal Opinion
State v. Pirtle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 12, 1995No. 60661-7PublishedCited by 400 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
Defendant Blake Pirtle was convicted in Spokane County Superior Court of two counts of aggravated murder and sentenced to death. Pirtle appealed directly to this court, raising numerous issues. The State cross-appealed as to two issues. After considering the arguments and conducting our own statutorily mandated review, we affirm Pirtle’s conviction and death sentence.
Facts
"When Terra Kanzler arrived for work at 8 a.m. at the Argonne Road Burger King in Spokane on May 17, 1992, she found the restaurant locked. Alarmed, she called the police. When officers entered the Burger King, they found *636the…
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