State v. Autio

Citations

• 78 Wash. 326
• 139 P. 31
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1017

Syllabus

<p>Assault — Aggravated Assault — Evidence—Sueeiciency. A conviction of first degree assault is sustained by the evidence, where it appears that defendant and the prosecuting witness were rivals for the favor of a young lady, that she and the defendant were talking, when she saw the prosecuting witness approaching, and screamed, whereupon the defendant immediately turned and shot the prosecuting witness twice, once when he was about five feet away, and the second' time in the back when fifteen feet distant and retreating.</p>