State v. Ross

After a barroom fight with some carnival workers, defendant went outside the tavern where his pickup truck was parked. There was sufficient testimony for the jury to conclude that defendant, using his truck, attempted to run down certain individuals with whom he had been fighting.

RCW 9.11.010 defines the crime of first-degree assault, in part, as being committed by a person who, intending to commit a felony upon the person or property of another, assaults him with a firearm or any deadly weapon or by any means or force likely to produce death. Defendant was not charged with that crime, but…