Legal Opinion

State Of Washington v. Larry Paul Williams

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided December 21, 2015No. 71112-1Unpublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 71112-1-1 Respondent, C3 v. LARRY PAUL WILLIAMS, UNPUBLISHED OPINION Appellant. FILED: December 21, 2015 v£> Verellen, A.C.J. — An accomplice to manslaughter is legally responsible for the principal's acts that proximately caused the victim's death. When the accomplice acknowledges that the principal's acts caused the victim's death, the accomplice has no viable theory that the accomplice was not a proximate cause of the death, or that the principal was a superseding cause. The same is true even if the…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. McFarlandWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  3. State v. RobertsWashington Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. SutherbyWashington Supreme Court · 2009
  5. State v. SutherbyWashington Supreme Court · 2009

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