State v. Collins

This is an appeal by the state of Washington from an order of the Superior Court for King County, granting a new trial to defendant (respondent) Bishop Collins after a jury had convicted him of second-degree burglary. The record shows the following:

Michael D. Ebben was awakened by a noise in his Seattle apartment about 3 o’clock on the morning of June 17, 1966. He heard the door slam and when he looked in his trousers for his wallet, which had contained one $20 bill and seven $1 bills, he discovered that it was missing. Ebben awakened his roommates, Carl Stewart and David Nygren, who quickly…