State v. Chouinard

¶1 A jury convicted Marcus Anthony Chouinard of first degree unlawful possession of a firearm. *897Because the State demonstrated Chouinard’s mere proximity to the weapon and his knowledge of its presence in the vehicle, we reverse Chouinard’s conviction for insufficient evidence and therefore do not reach his other arguments.1

FACTS

¶2 In December 2008, Sean Coleman, a security guard at Club Juno in downtown Tacoma, witnessed a blue car with a distinct Spiderman decal drive in front of the club, and from inside the car came multiple shots. Coleman “saw a gun out of the vehicle and [he] heard the…