State v. Moon

—Robert Richard Jones appeals his convictions for first degree kidnapping and second degree robbery. He challenges both the propriety of the initial arrest and the trial court's exclusion of proffered expert testimony as to factors which affect the reliability of eyewitness identifications. We reverse.

The victim, Mrs. Fox, was abducted by two men at about 6 p.m., July 28, 1984, as she emerged from a grocery store in South Seattle. One of the men came up behind her, told her that he had a gun in his green knapsack, and directed her into her car. She got into the passenger seat while the man…