Legal Opinion
State v. Harris
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 28, 1984No. 6032-9-II; 6171-6-IIPublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Defendants Jamie Churchill Gibbs and Ray Charles Harris appeal their convictions on two counts of first degree rape. Finding the counts should have been severed for trial, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
On May 12, 1981, Patricia Smith 1 and another couple got into a car with Gibbs and Harris. Harris was the driver. Smith testified that the men refused to let her out of the car after dropping off the couple. After driving around for awhile, they eventually arrived at Gibbs' house where, throughout the night, defendants alternated holding Smith down and having sexual intercourse with…
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