State v. Ou

¶1 A jury convicted Sal Ou of knowingly making a false or misleading material statement to a police officer in violation of RCW 9A.76.175. Ou contends the State had to charge him with refusal to give a name or address, or giving a false name or address, under the specific statute of RCW 46.61.020, instead of charging him under what he describes as the concurrent general statute of RCW 9A.76.175. Because refusal to give a name and address, or giving a false name or address, in violation of RCW *90146.61.020 is not a statute that is concurrent with knowingly making a false or misleading material…