Legal Opinion

State v. Rivas

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided June 19, 2012No. 41416-3-IIPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

278 P.3d 686 (2012)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Benjamin RIVAS, Jr., Appellant.

No. 41416-3-II.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

June 19, 2012.

Jodi R. Backlund, Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.

Debra Eurich, Lewis Co. Prosecutor's Office, Chehalis, WA, for Respondent.

WORSWICK, C.J.

¶ 1 Benjamin Rivas appeals his second degree assault[1] and second degree malicious mischief[2] convictions, arguing that (1) the State's charging document was both legally and factually deficient, and (2) the trial court's malicious mischief jury instruction relieved the State of its…

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