State v. Carter

This is the case of the spontaneous robbery — at least that is the contention of defendants Rodney Ronald Reinhart, Cecil Grant Wilson, and John Lee Miranda. They maintain that they were unaware that a robbery had been planned. The primary question they present is whether the court’s instructions permitted them to effectively present their defense of unwitting participation in the robbery of LaPore’s ShopRite. The instructions did not advise the jury that proof of an intent to commit the crime is an essential element of the crime of robbery.

Their cases and the case of Frank F. Carter were…