State v. Tuttle

James, A.C.J.

—Defendant Robert Stewart Tuttle appeals his conviction at bench trial of second-degree murder.

Tuttle was charged by amended information with the crime of murder in the second degree while armed with a deadly weapon and a firearm. The State's evidence established that Tuttle shot and killed his wife during an argument over a burnt dinner. He disposed of her body by leaving it in a parking lot in Renton.

The following morning, a friend of Tuttle's reported to the Renton police that Tuttle had stated he accidentally shot his wife. The friend also told the officers that Tuttle was…