State Ex Rel. Lopez-Pacheco v. Jones

The relator sought a writ of mandate to compel Dr. William E. Jones, Coroner of Spokane County, to call a coroner’s jury to inquire into the cause of death of his son, Olaguibeet Angel Lopez-Vera. The relator alleged, inter alia, that on January 15, 1962, his son was shot and killed in Spokane county; that “Dr. William E. Jones, based upon his investigation, the investigation of the prosecuting attorney’s office, the investigation of the Spokane Police Department, and others, . . . drew the conclusion that the deceased ‘shot Policeman Dennis Apperson and then, in an exchange of gunfire, lost…