Washington Supreme Court· 3/17/2005

State v. Freeman

Citations

108 P.3d 753
153 Wash. 2d 765

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holding that the State must prove that the assaults furthered the robberies under the facts of those consolidated cases
noting that force used to intimidate a victim into providing property “is often incidental” to robbery
noting that force used to intimidate a victim into providing property “is often incidental” to robbery
taking the “current sentencing schema” as “[g]iven” and concluding legislature did not intend this anomalous result
rejecting the State’s argument that the assault had an independent purpose and effect where such a purpose and effect “was not found by the jury”
stating a defendant's unnecessary force must have an independent purpose, not just be more violent than was necessary to accomplish the crime, in order for there to be no double jeopardy violation

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Judges: Chambers

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