Legal Opinion
State v. Lindsay
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 8, 2014No. 88437-4PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon McCloud, J.
¶1 Jennifer Holmes and James Lindsay entered the home of Laurence Wilkey, Holmes’s former boyfriend. They tied him up, beat him, and took a number of items from his home. The State charged Holmes and Lindsay with first degree robbery, burglary, kidnapping, and assault, as well as firearm theft. Holmes and Lindsay argued that they did not intend to commit a felony but were instead repossessing things that Wilkey had originally stolen from Holmes. A jury convicted them on most, but not all, counts.
¶2 The trial was plagued by misconduct. The prosecutor and the lawyer for Holmes (but not Lindsay)…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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