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State v. Gamble

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  • 154 Wash. 2d 457

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  • concluding that first degree manslaughter is not a lesser included offense of second degree felony murder where the predicate felony is second degree assault
  • holding that “manslaughter is not a lesser included offense of second degree felony murder where second degree assault, RCW 9A.36.021(1)(a), is the predicate felony”
  • holding manslaughter was not a lesser included offense of second degree felony murder where assault was the predicate felony
  • holding manslaughter was not a lesser included offense of second degree felony murder where assault was the predicate felony
  • “Looking to the ‘wrongful act’ caused by a defendant’s actions, to prove manslaughter the State must show Gamble ‘[knew] of and disregarded] a substantial risk that a [homicide] may occur.’ ” (alterations in original) (quoting ROW 9A.08.010(1)(c))
  • \We hold that first degree manslaughter is not a lesser included offense of second degree felony murder where second degree assault ... is the predicate felony.\

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Judges: Bridge, Chambers, Sanders, Madsen, Alexander, Johnson, Owens, Fairhurst, Ireland, Tern

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