State v. Hacheney

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Bkidge, J.

Dawn Hacheney’s body was found badly

burned after a fire destroyed part of the Hacheney home. The State eventually charged her husband, Nicholas Hacheney, with her murder. At trial, the State’s experts presented evidence that Dawn was suffocated to death before the fire began. The jury found Nicholas Hacheney guilty of premeditated first degree murder. By special *506verdict, the jury also found that he committed the murder “in the course of” first degree arson, an aggravating factor subjecting him to a life sentence without the possibility of release. Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 1362; RCW…