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State v. Reed

Citations

  • 604 P.2d 1330
  • 25 Wash. App. 46
  • 1979 Wash. App. LEXIS 2827

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  • observing that evidence of flight should be “reserved for counsel’s argument, with little if any comment by the bench” because of the danger of “plac[ing] undue emphasis upon that evidence.”
  • unexplained absence following a murder at defendant’s place of employment and allegedly planning to escape from jail sufficient to support an inference of flight
  • while evidence of flight is admissible, it “should not be the subject of an instruction”

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Judges: McInturff

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