State v. Parsons

Citations

• 44 Wash. 299
• 87 P. 349
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 829

Syllabus

<p>Robbery — Force and Putting in Fear — Impersonating Officers. There is sufficient element of force and putting in fear to constitute the crime of robbery, where the prosecuting witness, while drunk, was forcibly conducted to a saloon under the pretext that he was under arrest and must be searched, and that the defendants were officers, who were about to lock him up, and who thereupon forcibly took his money when no one else was present, under commands to keep silent.</p> <p>Same — Instructions as to Degree of Force. Upon a prosecution for robbery it is proper to instruct that the degree of force is immaterial if it was sufficient to compel the prosecuting witness to part with his money.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Trial—Instructions as to Lesser Degrees— Requests. Error cannot be predicated upon the failure of the court to instruct the jury as to lesser offenses included in the charge, in the absence of specific requests therefor.</p>