State v. Elmi

¶1 — We are asked to determine whether under the first degree assault statute, RCW 9A.36.011, intent to inflict great bodily harm transfers to an unintended victim who is uninjured. Ali Elmi was convicted of attempted murder and four counts of first degree assault with a firearm enhancement for firing gunshots into the living room that his estranged wife, Fadumo Aden, occupied along with their three-year-old child and Aden’s three- and five-year-old siblings. No one was physically injured. The *212Court of Appeals affirmed Elmi’s conviction for assault against the children, finding that Elmi’s…