State v. Langdon

—Defendant Gary Gene Langdon appeals his conviction of first degree robbery, arguing that the court violated his Sixth Amendment rights by giving an additional instruction, without contacting defense counsel, after the jury had begun its deliberations. Although such an ex parte instruction was error, we find there was no prejudice to the defendant and therefore affirm.

Langdon was convicted by a King County jury for the first degree robbery of an elderly Seattle man. At trial, a witness testified that he was walking by a parking lot in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle when he saw Langdon and…