Washington Supreme Court· 9/19/2002

State v. Brown

Citations

147 Wash. 2d 330
58 P.3d 889
2002 Wash. LEXIS 595

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holding that erroneous accomplice liability instructions were not harmless for any charges against the defendants wherein the jury might have convicted on an improper understanding of the law
holding erroneous accomplice liability instruction subject to harmless error analysis because \not every omission or misstatement in a jury instruction relieves the State of its burden\
holding erroneous accomplice liability instruction subject to harmless error analysis because “not every omission or misstatement in a jury instruction relieves the State of its burden”
misstating element of crime injury instruction harmless only if it appears beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the verdict obtained
applying the harmless error analysis requires a thorough examination of the record as to each defendant
finding error where jury was presented with two competing interpretations of undisputed events and what those events meant about defendant's intent and the State repeatedly referenced the missing witnesses

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Judges: Chambers, Ireland, Sanders

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