Legal Opinion
State v. Kinsey
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided November 6, 1972No. 1309-1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallow, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted of two counts of armed robbery. The sole issue on appeal is whether the court erred in denying the defendant’s motions to sever the two separate robbery counts for trial. The defendant’s claim is that by trying the two counts together the evidence was so overwhelming as to lead to his conviction by sheer weight; where if the two counts had been tried separately, there would have been insufficient evidence to convict of either count.
Three men robbed the Seaside Pharmacy in the Alki Beach area of West Seattle of cash and narcotics on March 6, 1971. The…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- State v. GoebelWashington Supreme Court · 1952
- State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- John Richard Bayless v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- State v. StaffordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1968
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. GatalskiCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1985
- Stevens v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. HartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- State v. WeddelCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1981
- State v. HartnellCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1976
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