Washington Supreme Court· 7/15/1999

State v. Sweet

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980 P.2d 1223
138 Wash. 2d 466

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relying on Davis in stating that \[i]t is not necessary for an accomplice to have specific knowledge of every element of the principal's crime.\
kidnapping and assault merge with first degree rape where they were part of the perpetration of the rape and did not have an independent purpose or effect
Washington’s burglary anti-merger statute (RCW 9A.52.050) expressed a legislative intent to permit multiple punishments for burglary and any crimes committed in the commission of the burglary
assault victim was a small woman five feet, two inches tall and 52 years old
“It is not necessary for an accomplice to have specific knowledge of every element of the principal’s crime.”
officer's testimony that defendant said he would be willing to take a polygraph examination and provide a written statement when neither were introduced at trial was \mere reference to silence\ rather than \comment\ on silence and not reversible error absent showing of prejudice

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