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Division 1 Court of Appeals

State v Arumugam. Murugananandam Arumugam appeals from judgments entered on a jury’s verdicts convicting him of three counts of child rape in the first degree and three counts of child molestation in the first degree, asserting that the superior court erred by admitting evidence of a prior arrest and by admitting hearsay statements of the alleged victim. Arumugam also asserts claims of prosecutorial misconduct, ineffective assistance of counsel, and cumulative error. COA #844555. King County Superior Court #20-1-04883-2 KNT.