State v. West

On July 21, 1937, in a trial before the Honorable Robert M. Jones, a judge of the superior court of King county, the appellant, Hartzell West, was found guilty of the crime of robbery. A motion in arrest of judgment and for new trial was at once interposed by his then attorney, Will Lanning, supported by affidavits. Counter-affidavits were filed on behalf of the state. On October 16, 1937, the motion was denied by the trial judge, and judgment and sentence was, on motion of the state, postponed, pending the disposition of an habitual criminal charge filed the same day.

In this supplemental…