State v. Seay

Defendant appeals from conviction and sentence for armed robbery. His assignments of error claim that (1) he was denied a speedy trial, (2) he was subjected to double jeopardy, (3) a knife found on him when he was apprehended should not have been received in evidence, (4) the evidence did not support conviction, and (5) a less than unanimous jury verdict should not have been received. The last assignment does not merit discussion.

Hugh Erickson was attendant at a service station when, at 1:30 to 1:45 a.m., January 4, 1971, a distinctively damaged vehicle drove in. Its two occupants, one of…