In re the Personal Restraint of McCready

— Patrick Vernon McCready seeks relief from personal restraint imposed following his jury conviction for first degree assault. The jury found that he was armed with a firearm at the time he committed the offense. In this timely filed petition, Mr. McCready contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Specifically, the State had offered Mr. McCready a plea bargain, under which it agreed to reduce the charge to second degree assault if he pleaded guilty. He asserts that he rejected the State’s offer without his counsel informing him that the mandatory five-year firearm enhancement…