State v. Letica
Citations
- 61 Wash. 629
- 112 P. 748
- 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1133
Syllabus
<p>Indictment and Information — Degrees oe Offense Included — Assault. An information charging first degree assault with intent to kill by stabbing with a knife sustains a conviction for second degree assault with intent to do “grievous bodily harm,” or that the “weapon or other instrument or thing was likely to produce bodily harm,” under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2414.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Self-Defense —Instructions —Appeal —Harmless Error. In a charge on the subject of self-defense, the inapt use of the expression “justified by necessity,” is not reversible error where the instruction, considered as a whole in the light of other instructions, fairly states the law, although if considered alone it might be prejudicial.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Appeal— Instructions — Harmless Error. A needlessly long instruction will not be held prejudicial, as a matter of law, as singling out the evidence of the accused, when the appellate court is unaided by the evidence and the instruction appears correct- in the abstract.</p>
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- foregoing consideration of a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal where it was unclear whether the defendant’s counsel considered an imperfect self defense theory or his reasons for not requesting an instruction on the theory
- foregoing consideration of a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel on direct appeal where it was unclear whether the defendant's counsel considered an imperfect self defense theory or his reasons for not requesting an instruction on the theory
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Judges: Chadwick
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