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State v. Hurley

Citations

  • 483 P.2d 1274
  • 4 Wash. App. 781
  • 1971 Wash. App. LEXIS 1442

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  • rejecting argument that defendant was entitled to judgment n.o.v.; holding instead that the posture was the same as if the jury had returned no verdict at all and a mistrial had been declared
  • reversing conviction where jury found defendant guilty of robbery while armed with deadly weapon but found that he was not armed with such a weapon for purposes of special interrogatory; confusing jury instructions on relevance of deadly weapon likely accounted for inconsistency
  • reversing conviction where jury found defendant guilty of robbery while armed with deadly weapon but found that he was not armed with such a weapon for purposes of special interrogatory; confusing jury instructions on relevance of deadly weapon likely accounted for inconsistency
  • jury found defendant guilty of first degree robbery, which required a finding that he was armed with a deadly weapon; but jury found by special verdict that defendant was not armed with a deadly weapon; remedy was reversal and remand for a new trial
  • jury found defendant guilty of first degree robbery, which required a finding that he was armed with a deadly weapon; but jury found by special verdict that defendant was not armed with a deadly weapon; remedy was reversal and remand for a new trial

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Judges: Munson

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