State v. Wilson

Mark Wilson discharged several bullets from a firearm into a tavern after being asked to leave for argumentative behavior. The bullets from Wilson’s gun missed his intended victims, the bartender who had ousted him and a patron he had threatened, but did strike two unintended victims. A jury convicted Wilson on four counts of assault in the first degree. RCW 9A.36.011. The Court of Appeals vacated two convictions of assault in the first degree committed against the two unintended victims. The Court of Appeals ruled the trial court erred in allowing proof of Wilson’s intent to inflict great…