Legal Opinion
State v. McHenry
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1977No. 43862PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*212Utter, J.
Betty Joyce McHenry, respondent herein, was found guilty by a jury of the crime of unlawful possession of a controlled substance as defined in RCW 69.50.401(c). The Court of Appeals reversed that conviction in State v. McHenry, 13 Wn. App. 421, 535 P.2d 843 (1975). We affirm the opinion of the Court of Appeals.
Respondent argued to the Court of Appeals that the trial court committed error which deprived her of fundamental constitutional guaranties by (1) failing to adequately inform the jury the burden of proof was upon the State to prove each element of the crime with which she was…
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