State v. Hodge

The defendant was found guilty by jury verdict of three counts in an information which charged (1) grand larceny (RCW 9.54.090); (2) illegal transfer of a motor vehicle (RCW 46.12.210); and (3) possession of a motor vehicle with removed identification (RCW 9.54.030). The trial court denied defendant’s motion in arrest of judgment, but granted his motion for new trial, on all three counts, on the theory that certain public documents were improperly admitted into evidence at trial.

The state has appealed from the order granting the new trial; the defendant has cross-appealed from the order…