State v. Bromley

72 Wn.2d 150 (1967)

432 P.2d 568

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

DEAN ALLEN BROMLEY, Appellant.[*]

No. 38888.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 5, 1967.

Robert R. Briggs, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

John G. McCutcheon, Schuyler J. Witt, Everett Plumb, and Joseph D. Mladinov, for respondent.

HILL, J.

This appeal arises out of a crime which was widely publicized in the Pacific Northwest — the kidnapping of Charles Hyde, III, near Tacoma, Washington. A ransom of $45,000 was paid, the lad returned to his home unharmed.

The participants in the kidnapping either…