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STATE v. SPINO

No. 36139.

61 Wn.2d 246 (1963)

377 P.2d 868

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. WILLIAM VAN PELT SPINO, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 17, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Solan and L. Edward Brown, for appellant.

Manley & Kirkwood, for respondent.

ROSELLINI, J.

In this action an attack is made upon the constitutionality of RCW 9.09.020, defining arson in the second degree. This statute provides:

"Every person who, under circumstances not amounting to arson in the first degree, shall wilfully burn or set on fire any building, or any structure or erection appurtenant to or adjoining any building, or any wharf, dock, threshing machine, threshing engine, automobile or other motor vehicle, motorboat, steamboat...

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