Court Opinion

ID: 9620473
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:42:39.162892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:10.194139
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Ott, J.
(concurring in the result)—I concur in the result. The defendant was denied a fair trial, with Mrs. Hattie Risen serving as a juror, and likewise when the court denied the defendant’s offer of proof relative to the reputation of the prosecuting witness for chastity. State v. Severns, 13 Wn. (2d) 542, 125 P. (2d) 659 (1942).
Defense counsel, from the very beginning of the trial, sought through artifice to inject error into the record. The questions asked by defense counsel invited the cross-examination to which the majority now ascribe error. I would not reward such machinations.