State v. Carothers

— The petitioner was found guilty on two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of robbery, and his conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeals. State v. Carothers, 9 Wn. App. 691, 514 P.2d 170 (1973). The opinion of the Court of Appeals, while correctly disposing of the petitioner’s contentions, raises questions which this court has found it appropriate to consider. Therefore a petition for review has been granted.

The record shows that on September 3, 1971, the bodies of a retired Port Angeles businessman and his wife, Ronald and Wanda Buck, were found in their country home…