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Last updated June 27, 2008 12:36 p.m. PT

Appeals court upholds WA death sentence for Cal Brown

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE -- A federal appeals court has upheld the Washington death sentence for Cal Coburn Brown who tortured a woman to death 17 years ago.

In the ruling Friday the three-judge 9th Circuit panel ruled that his lawyers were not deficient and the trial judge did not make a mistake in excluding some reports.

This is the latest development in the case that has already been upheld in the U.S. Supreme Court on another appeal question.

Brown carjacked Holly Washa at knifepoint near Sea-Tac Airport in 1991 and held her captive for 34 hours at a motel. The 22-year-old Burien woman was raped, robbed, tortured and slashed to death. Her body was left in the trunk of her car.

Brown was convicted in 1993.

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