461 P.2d 351 (Wash.App. Div. 3 1969), 40416, State v. Coleman

Citation: 461 P.2d 351, 1 Wn.App. 315

Opinion Judge: GREEN, Judge. Before Last, defendants claim error in the giving of instructions No 11, 13, 16 and 19 Assignments of error 13, 14, 15, 16 It is asserted that under these instructions, in order to convict Goree and Priest of gambling, the jury had to first convict Coleman of being a common gambler and that this interdependency of instructions, one up

Party Name: STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Ben COLEMAN, David L. Goree and William V. Priest, Appellants.

Attorney: Lawrence Cary Smith, of Smith, Smith & Smith, Spokane, for appellants., Donald C. Brockett, Pros. Atty., Spokane, for respondent., GREEN, Judge., Coleman seemed to recognize Langan and thereupon invited him to the basement to see the layout. Langan was shown a dice table, various card tables and ...

Judge Panel: EVANS, C.J., and MUNSON, J., concur.

Case Date: November 19, 1969

Court: Washington Court of Appeals