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State v. Savage

Citations

  • 618 P.2d 82
  • 94 Wash. 2d 569
  • 1980 Wash. LEXIS 1392

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  • requiring defendant's assurance that he would testify so that certain evidence would be made relevant as a condition to permitting evidence to be presented out of order did not deny defendant the right to remain silent
  • second degree murder conviction reversed on other grounds; instructions which defined second degree murder as an unjustifiable killing permitted defendant to argue State had burden of proving absence of self-defense, therefore, no other instructions required

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Judges: Utter, Hicks, Rosellini

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