State v. Grant

— Defendant was convicted and sentenced, after jury trial, on four counts of .first-degree murder, the life sentences to be served consecutively. Defendant appeals.

The facts as the jury could have found them are briefly these. On December 15, 1969, about 7:15 p.m., Carol Adele Erickson, age 19, was walking home from the Renton Municipal Library along a dirt road which runs parallel to the Cedar River. While so walking, defendant attacked her by plunging a hunting knife into her back, causing her death. He dragged Miss Erickson into the bushes nearby and raped her. In addition, he wrapped her…