State v. Stambach

Ennis, J. †

Wesley E. Stambach was convicted of grand larceny as a result of his participation in the robbery of a hobby shop in Auburn, Washington on August 28, 1967. From his conviction and sentence based on the jury’s verdict, he has appealed. Defendant’s defense was alibi. He and another witness testified that he was in Kellogg, Idaho on August 28,1967 when the robbery occurred.

By way of rebuttal the prosecution called two witnesses, Kay Bengstron and her sister, Sandra Maas, who testified that they had seen appellant in the Auburn area on August 28th, specifically, in the Tug Tavern in…