Legal Opinion
State v. Spurgeon
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided December 11, 1991No. 23981-3-IPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtForrest, J.
Spurgeon appeals his conviction for aggravated murder in the first degree. We affirm.
On December 15, 1988, Spurgeon, and two companions, robbed eabdriver Ed Soroe at gunpoint. On December 30, 1988, Spurgeon, with Alonso French, Michael Brown and Norman Edwards (Edwards was also involved in the first robbery), robbed eabdriver Richard Bruder. The second robbery ended in Binder's death. Spurgeon does not deny shooting Bruder, but claims that the gun was fired accidentally. Spurgeon was charged with aggravated first degree murder (and the alternative crime of first degree murder, felony murder),…
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