State v. McCarty

¶1 Stephanie Leann McCarty appeals her marijuana manufacture conviction, following a stipulated-facts bench trial. She argues that we should reverse and remand for retrial because the trial court erred when it (1) prohibited her (and her codefendant, Earl Otis) from presenting a “designated primary caregiver” affirmative defense under the Washington State Medical Use of Marijuana Act (the Act), chapter 69.51A RCW; and, alternatively, (2) failed to enter written findings of fact and conclusions of law required under CrR 6.1(d). In her supplemental brief, which we requested, she further argues…