DORE, J.
Defendants Mark Allen Rice and Richard Luna were convicted of second degree felony murder. They claim prejudicial error to the trial court's failure to instruct on intoxication, and on a statutory affirmative defense. We reverse and remand for new trials.
FACTS
During the evening of February 18, 1981, Richard Hutchinson and Theodore Urban were playing ping-pong in a north Seattle tavern. Around 11:15 p.m., defendants, together with Robert...
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