Legal Opinion
State v. Kwan Fai Mak
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 1986No. 49966-7PublishedCited by 294 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndersen, J.
Facts of Case
In a crime which set a new gauge for cowardly murder in this state, the Wah Mee Club in downtown Seattle's International District was robbed and all of its patrons and employees were shot in the head. The three armed people who perpetrated this deed held up the club at gunpoint, hog-tied and robbed the men and woman in the club and then systematically shot each of them in the head as they lay bound and helpless. Twelve died there on the floor of the Wah Mee Club; one succumbed shortly afterward at Harborview Hospital; and the 14th victim survived to identify the perpetrators,…
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