State Of Washington v. Howard Lee Ross

2016 AUG-i AH 9:20 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 72251-4-1 Respondent, DIVISION ONE v. HOWARD LEE ROSS, UNPUBLISHED OPINION Appellant. FILED: August 1,2016 Becker, J. — After a trial where the jury and court heard the evidence simultaneously, the jury acquitted Howard Ross of assault and found that he was not armed with a firearm at the time of the assault. The next day, the trial court found him guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm. Because the trial court based its verdict on testimony that Ross possessed a gun earlier in the night, before…