Legal Opinion

State v. Watkins

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided December 18, 2006No. 56507-9-IPublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

148 P.3d 1112 (2006)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Jermaine Devon WATKINS, Appellant.

No. 56507-9-I.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

December 18, 2006.

Christopher Gibson, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, Valerie Marushige, Attorney at Law, Des Moines, Counsel for Appellants.

Scott Frederick Leist, King County Prosecuting Atty Office, Seattle, Counsel for Respondents.

PUBLISHED IN PART

COX, J.

¶ 1 Jury instructions must more than adequately convey the law. They must make the relevant legal standard "manifestly apparent to the average juror."[1] Here, the unanimity instruction given…

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