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· 4/27/1992

State v. Hartz

Citations

  • 828 P.2d 618
  • 65 Wash. App. 351
  • 1992 Wash. App. LEXIS 171

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that although the specific underlying felony is an essential element of' felony-murder, the government is not required to include the elements of the underlying felony or state the specific means by which it alleges the defendant committed the underlying felony
  • “The holding in Kreck v. Spalding that an information that fails to elect an alternative means is constitutionally deficient is unpersuasive.”
  • “[W]e hold that in charging [defendant] with felony murder, the State was not required to include the elements of the underlying felony or state the specific means of committing the felony on which it was relying.”

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Judges: Pekelis

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