State v. Redden

This is an appeal by the defendant (appellant), John B. Redden, from a conviction of robbery and sentence' entered thereon. The defendant was one of four people (three men and one woman) involved in the robbery of Paul Dillinger, the proprietor of the Little Park Cafe in Pierce County, on June 10, 1965. The two other men were tried separately and their convictions were affirmed by this court in State v. Jones, 70 Wn.2d 591, 424 P.2d 665 (1967). The woman, Leanne Jones, pleaded guilty to the charge and after serving 5 months in jail received a suspended sentence. She testified for the state in…