In re the Personal Restraint of Mulholland

¶1 A Pierce County jury found Daniel Mulholland guilty of six counts of first degree assault and *325one count of drive-by shooting. The jury also determined that Mulholland was armed with a firearm during each of the assaults. The trial court thereafter ordered Mulhol-land’s first degree assault sentences to be served consecutively, concluding that it was without discretion to impose concurrent sentences for separate serious violent offenses. Mulholland later filed a personal restraint petition (PRP) with the Court of Appeals. That court granted the petition, determining that the “trial court…