Legal Opinion

State v. Allen

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 2006No. 76912-5PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*4¶1 — We are asked to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have convicted Donovan Allen of aggravated first degree murder upon the evidence properly admitted in this case. Allen confessed to killing his mother but challenges, among other things, the sufficiency of the evidence that this killing was premeditated and aggravated by robbery. We affirm.

Chambers, J.

FACTS

¶2 About a month after Sharon Cox was killed in her Longview home, her son Allen told a police detective that he had attacked and killed his mother. Because he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, we will recount…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. State v. GreenWashington Supreme Court · 1980
  2. State v. StensonWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  3. State v. StensonWashington Supreme Court · 1997
  4. State v. PirtleWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. PirtleWashington Supreme Court · 1995

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3Cited by44 opinions

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