State v. Thorkelson

Bradford C. Thorkelson was convicted at jury trial of two counts of first-degree robbery. We affirm one conviction and reverse the other.

In September 1977, the Inglewood Drug Store in Kirkland was robbed by a young man who demanded drugs and brandished a sawed-off shotgun. Three days later, the Noble Pharmacy in Kirkland was robbed in similar fashion. Later that day, based on identification of Thorkelson's car as the getaway vehicle, Thorkelson and his girlfriend were arrested at the Kirkland residence of his girlfriend's mother, Mrs. McGrayne. When arrested, Thorkelson had on his person drug…