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State v. Thompson

Citations

  • 564 P.2d 315
  • 88 Wash. 2d 518
  • 1977 Wash. LEXIS 781

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  • following Briley and concluding that crime exception applied in \this carefully defined situation\ where during one night, defendant beat his wife and killed her romantic partner, because there was a \logical relationship of the crimes\
  • trial court has considerable discretion in matters such as joinder of offenses and declares CrR 4.3 as a liberal joinder rule without reference to CrR 4.4
  • “Defendants seeking severance have the burden of demonstrating that a trial involving both counts would be so manifestly prejudicial as to outweigh the concern for judicial economy.”

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Judges: Wright, Rosellini, Hamilton, Stafford, Brachtenbach, Horowitz, Dolliver, Utter

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