State v. Thamert

—John David Thamert appeals his conviction for two counts of second degree robbery. He alleges that the trial court erred when it failed to allow a jail nurse and a psychiatrist to testify regarding his diminished capacity defense and when it admitted evidence of prior robbery convictions without the requisite balancing under ER 404(b). We affirm the trial court.

On June 13, 1984, a new accounts clerk at the Burien branch of Seattle Trust Bank noticed Thamert sitting on the sidewalk in front of the bank, apparently waiting for it to open. She testified that Thamert looked "kind of half— like…