State Of Washington, V Kenshon Devonte Stokes

Filed Washington State Court of Appeals Division Two April 21, 2020 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 51432-0-II Respondent, v. KENSHON DEVONTE STOKES, UNPUBLSIHED OPINION Appellant. MELNICK, J. — A jury found Kenshon Stokes guilty of assault in the fourth degree. He argues that the trial court erred by giving a first aggressor instruction because the evidence did not support it and because the instruction allowed the jury to find that he was the first aggressor based on words alone. He also contends that the State committed prosecutorial…