Legal Opinion
State v. Adams
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1969No. 39402PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNeill, J.
This is an appeal from a conviction of first degree murder..The jury returned a recommendation for *653the death penalty which was pronounced as the sentence. The evidence is entirely circumstantial. The sufficiency of the evidence is challenged by the defendant; so we deem it necessary to set forth considerable factual detail.
The victim’s body was discovered in her home by her daughter about midnight Saturday, June 11, 1966. The daughter immediately summoned the police. Police investigation revealed that the victim died as a result of a number of blows to the head inflicted with a blunt object,…
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