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State v. Jones

Citations

  • 968 P.2d 888
  • 93 Wash. App. 166

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  • holding that evidence was not powerfully incriminating because it did not directly implicate a defendant in the crime
  • holding that financial status evidence is not per se inadmissible, but may be more prejudicial than probative
  • defendant has burden of demonstrating that prejudice from a joint trial outweighs concerns for judicial economy
  • not error to deny defendant’s discretionary severance motion despite admission of co-defendant’s prior convictions for the charged offense because such evidence did not directly implicate the movant and thus was not “powerfully incriminating”
  • prejudice may be inferred if the quality and complexity of evidence make it impossible for the jury to relate it to each defendant, or if there is a gross disparity in the weight of evidence against .each defendant

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Judges: Coleman

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