State v. Cosner

Two applications for writs of habeas cor pus and one petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to CrR 7.7 have been consolidated for consideration. They raise the question of whether the petitioners, prior to their respective guilty pleas, received adequate notice of mandatory minimum penalties imposed pursuant to the “firearm” statute, RCW 9.41.025, 1 and the “deadly weapon” statute, RCW 9.95.040 2 for the use of guns in the commission of crimes.

Petitioner Cosner was initially charged with first-degree assault and second-degree burglary. Plea bargaining ensued as a result of which he was…