Legal Opinion
State v. Box
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 5, 1987No. 53417-9PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andersen, J.—
Facts of Case
At issue in this criminal case is whether the defendant was unconstitutionally assigned the burden of proving his insanity when he was tried and convicted of murder in the first degree.
Jeremy Box confessed that on the morning of May 27, 1984, he strangled Vesta Badeau and cut off her head with a butcher knife. In his recorded confession, the validity of which has not been questioned, he admitted that he had "premeditated it. . . throughout just about the entire . . . night."
On June 6, 1984, he was charged by a second amended information with murder in the first…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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