Gaines v. Washington

The defendant was charged by information with the crime of murder in the first degree in the Superior Court of King County in the State of Washington. The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty as charged and a finding by the jury that the death penalty should be inflicted. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment were made and overruled, and the judgment was entered upon the verdict.

The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court of the State. That court, after a consideration of the errors claimed to have been committed on the trial, affirmed the judgment and sentence. Final judgment…