State v. Townsend

15 P.3d 145 (2001)

142 Wash.2d 838

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Roy James TOWNSEND, a/k/a Roy Campbells Townsend, a/k/a David W. Rivera, a/k/a Roy J. Justiniano, Petitioner.

No. 68337-9.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued May 18, 2000.

Decided January 4, 2001.

Thomas Edward Doyle, Hansville, WA, for Petitioner.

David Brian St. Pierre, Assistant City Attorney, Bremerton, WA, for Respondent.

MADSEN, J.

Petitioner seeks review of a Court of Appeals decision affirming his first degree murder conviction and rejecting his contention that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of…