State v. Cantu

fl Seventeen-year old Antonio B. Cantu was convicted of residential burglary following allegations he entered his mother’s home, broke into her deadbolt-locked bedroom door, and took some of her possessions. We are again asked to interpret a statute that could be construed to impermissibly shift the burden of persuasion *822to the accused and relieve the State of its obligation to prove each element of the crime.1

Chambers, J.

*822¶2 We held in State v. Deal, 128 Wn.2d 693, 699-700, 911 P.2d 996 (1996) (citing State v. Brunson, 128 Wn.2d 98, 107, 905 P.2d 346 (1995)), that, under certain circumstances,…