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State v. McDonald

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  • 981 P.2d 443

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  • analyzing accomplice liability under Washington law and concluding that there is no proximate causation requirement
  • analyzing accomplice liability under Washington law and concluding that there is no proximate causation requirement
  • rejecting alternative means analysis spares jury potentially impossible task of deciding which of two gunmen actually ldlled victim
  • noting, “we have made clear the emptiness of any distinction between principal and accomplice liability”
  • analyzing accom- plice liability under Washington law and concluding that there is no proxi- mate causation requirement
  • we review the trial court's decision on the reliability of a statement against penal interest for an abuse of discretion

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Judges: Alexander

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