State v. Runions

Where a defendant is convicted, and while his appeal is pending, he is compelled to testify against a codefendant under a grant of immunity pursuant to CrR 6.14, what effect, if any, does that grant of immunity have on his conviction and sentence? We hold that the grant of immunity has no effect whatsoever on the conviction and sentence, but would bar a retrial.

Defendant Runions confessed to the crime of burglary. In his confession he implicated another person, Don Lund-quist, as a coperpetrator. Both men were charged with second degree burglary but were tried separately. Runions was found…