Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint Frampton
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided October 27, 1986No. 15280-7-IPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
—On March 14, 1978, petitioner Morris J. Frampton was convicted of one count of murder in the first degree, and following the penalty phase of the aggravated murder proceeding, the death sentence was imposed. During the appeals that followed, petitioner was represented principally by his court appointed appellate counsel, and for a shorter period, by Mr. Clay Nixon, who was also his trial counsel.
The first appellate brief filed on petitioner's behalf was filed in the State Supreme Court. The brief contained no assignments of error with respect to the guilt phase of the trial. Mr. Nixon…
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