PETRIE, J.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. on September 23, 1971, two men, one armed with and brandishing a handgun, appeared at the cashier's window of the Merit-Mart Store in Bremerton, Washington. One of the men announced to the two cashiers on duty, "This is a hold-up" and the other thrust a grocery sack across the counter. One of the men declared, "Put the big stuff in it or you're dead." The cashiers placed money in excess of $7,000 in the sack and passed it to the...
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