State v. Griffith

SPEAR, Justice.

Mary Ann Griffith and April Jo LaVala, appellants herein, were tried for the offense of armed robbery resulting in a jury verdict of guilty. They were subsequently sentenced to five years in the Idaho Penitentiary, and this appeal followed.

During the evening hours of September 7, 1968, Ronald L. Wakefield, an Airman at the Mountain Home Air Force Base, met the appellants in downtown Boise. After some conversation, Wakefield and the appellants proceeded to a local bar where Wakefield bought the appellants several drinks. During the ensuing conversation that accompanied the…