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KWAN FAI MAK v. BLODGETT

No. C88-1421WD.

754 F.Supp. 1490 (1991)

KWAN FAI MAK, Petitioner, v. James BLODGETT, Respondent.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

January 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Lund Ross, Jones, Ross, Luke, Casteel & Mallory, P.S., Lynnwood, Wash., John B. Midgley, John Midgley, P.S., Seattle, Wash., for petitioner.

William L. Downing, Robert Stephen Lasnik, Seattle, Wash., Linda Anne Dalton, and Paul Douglas Weisser, Atty. Gen.'s Office, Corrections Div., Olympia, Wash., and Theresa Lauren Fricke, Atty. Gen.'s Office, Corrections Div., Seattle, Wash., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

DWYER, District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Kwan Fai Mak, a prisoner sentenced to death in the State of Washington. The respondent is warden of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla. The case arose from the so-called "Wah Mee Massacre." On the night of February 18-19, 1983, three young...

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