State v. Iredale

Defendant Dennis O. Iredale appeals from a judgment and sentence entered upon his pleas of guilty to two counts of second-degree assault. Defendant contends his pleas were equivocal and should not have been accepted, We agree and reverse.

December 30, 1974, defendant was charged in Clallam County Superior Court with two counts of second-degree assault while armed with a knife, “a deadly weapon,” as defined in RCW 9.95.040, thus placing defendant in jeopardy of a mandatory prison term if found guilty. On April 3, 1975, defendant appeared with court-appointed counsel, not counsel on appeal, and…