State v. Medley

— Defendant, William F. Medley, was charged alternatively by information with unlawfully taking an automobile without the owner’s permission, or with voluntarily riding in the vehicle with knowledge that it had been unlawfully taken. A Pierce County jury found him guilty as charged and defendant appeals the judgment and sentence.

Defendant’s chief assignment of error states that “The trial court erred in not striking all instructions relating to the taking of the automobile . . .” (Italics ours.) The challenged instructions are not set forth verbatim in the brief as required by CAROA 42 (g)…