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Murder Conviction Upheld Despite Appeals
By yakima-herald.com
Published: 12/01/2010

YAKIMA, Wash. -- The second-degree murder convictions of a felon who killed two Yakima men in a crash while fleeing police in a stolen car have been upheld by an appeals court.

Blake Young, who was found guilty in February 2009 and sentenced to 36 years in prison, had challenged his convictions to the state Court of Appeals on a variety of grounds.

Among other points, he contended his statements to police after the crash should not have been considered at trial because he had been too intoxicated on methamphetamine.

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