Legal Opinion
State of Washington v. William P. McBride
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided March 8, 2016No. 32318-8-IIIPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSiddoway, C.J.
¶1 Whitman County offered plea bargains to Kenneth Himes and Sheila Evans under which they would be charged with only two crimes for a rash of burglaries in which they were involved if they revealed the location of the stolen property. They were also required by their plea bargains to testify against the defendant, William McBride, whom they implicated in two of the crimes.
¶2 The trial against Mr. McBride pitted the credibility of the only defense witness—Mr. McBride’s girlfriend, Amy Baird—against the credibility of Mr. Himes and Ms. Evans. Mr. McBride contends on appeal that the trial court…
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