State Of Washington, V. Marvin Mercado

THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 80783-8-I ) Respondent, ) DIVISION ONE ) v. ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) MARVIN MERCADO, ) ) Appellant. ) ) ANDRUS, A.C.J. — Marvin Mercado appeals his jury conviction for first degree arson following an incident where he set fire to an unoccupied trailer he believed belonged to an acquaintance. He argues that the trial court erred in denying his requested inferior degree offense instruction of arson in the second degree and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney failed to present…