State v. Bourgeois

Pekelis, A.C.J.

Bernard Bourgeois, a juvenile, moved for accelerated review of a 290-week manifest injustice disposition imposed after he was convicted of two counts of first degree assault. On July 20, 1993, a panel of this court accelerated review, and we now reverse.

Bourgeois, a 15-year-old, was charged with two counts of first degree assault. The charges arose from the shooting and injury of two men in the High Point area of Seattle.

Bourgeois was convicted of both counts. The juvenile court found that Bourgeois had threatened the victims, co-owners of a grocery store, earlier on the day of…