Legal Opinion
State v. Hughes
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 19, 1986No. 49493-2PublishedCited by 187 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndersen, J.
Facts of Case
The defendant, Robert Wayne Hughes, appeals his conviction of aggravated murder in the first degree and the sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole which followed.
On June 17, 1982, one John Early was shot and killed in his home during an apparent robbery. A King County police officer, Sergeant Samuel Hicks, soon suspected that the defendant was involved in the murder. He requested assistance in the Early investigation, and King County Detective Leo Hursh tracked down the address of the defendant's girl friend. The two of them then drove to her home in rural…
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