Legal Opinion
State v. Olson
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1979No. 45641PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRosellini, J.
The Superior Court dismissed this first-degree perjury indictment at the conclusion of the State's case, holding that there was insufficient evidence to support a verdict of guilty. The Court of Appeals, Division One, reversed, finding sufficient circumstantial evidence from which the falsity of the petitioner's testimony, and his knowledge of that falsity, could be inferred. State v. Olson, 19 Wn. App. 885, 578 P.2d 866 (1978).
We granted a petition for review upon a showing that the facts of the case present a question of first impression in this state, and that the decision of the Court of…
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