State Of Washington, V Matthew Delano Gipson

¶1 — Matthew Delano Gipson appeals his convictions for two counts of third degree assault and one count of attempting to disarm a police officer. Gipson also appeals his exceptional sentence, which is based on the aggravating factor that he committed one of the assaults against a public official in retaliation for the official’s performance of his duties to the criminal justice system. Gipson argues that (1) the trial court violated his constitutional rights to confront adverse witnesses and to present a defense by restricting his cross-examination of several State wit nesses, and (2) the…