(DOWNLOAD) "Washington V. Wanrow" by Supreme Court of Washington ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Washington V. Wanrow
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington
- Release Date : January 28, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Petitioner Yvonne Wanrow seeks review of the denial of her motion to dismiss count 1 of the information charging her with second-degree (felony) murder. She asks this court to consider once again applying the doctrine of merger to the crime of second-degree felony-murder, i.e., that the assault resulting in the homicide is merged with the homicide so as to lose its separate identity, and accordingly to hold that a death resulting from a felonious assault cannot be felony-murder. We have twice before considered and rejected this doctrine. State v. Harris, 69 Wash. 2d 928, 421 P.2d 662(1966); State v. Thompson, 88 Wash. 2d 13, 558 P.2d 202(1977). We treated