Washington Supreme Court· 11/21/1990

State v. Dennison

Citations

801 P.2d 193
115 Wash. 2d 609
1990 Wash. LEXIS 164

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holding that a conviction on the underlying felony is not a jurisdictional prerequisite to prosecution for felony murder
holding first and second degree manslaughter are not lesser included offenses to first degree felony murder
holding first and second degree manslaughter are not lesser included offenses to first degree felony murder
finding that complying with the underlying felony’s statute of limitations is not a jurisdictional prerequisite to prosecuting someone for felony murder
finding that complying with the underlying felony’s statute of limitations is not a jurisdictional prerequisite to prosecuting someone for felony murder
holding that the trial court did not err in refusing to give a self-defense instruction where the defendant was charged with first-degree felony murder based on the predicate felony of first-degree burglary, in that the defense was unavailable as a matter of law

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Judges: Callow, Utter

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