State v. Newman

On the evening of November 6, 1969, David Nelson, the attendant, and Michael Masella, his friend, were in the process of closing Harold’s Service Station in Tacoma. As Masella was removing his car from the garage and parking it, two young men entered the station office and forced Nelson to empty the cash register. Masella reentered to find the robbery in progress. Nelson was then forced to open a safe in a rear room. The robbers removed the money therefrom and fled. During the subsequent investigation, Masella identified the photograph of James Frances Newman. He also identified Newman on the…