In re the Personal Restraint of Rivera

¶1 A trial court does not exceed its authority by imposing a firearm enhancement when the jury returns a special verdict making a deadly weapon finding if the firearm enhancement was properly charged and the fact that a firearm was used is necessarily reflected in the jury’s general verdict of guilt.

¶2 Salvador Rivera challenges the judgment and sentence in a personal restraint petition, contending that it is facially invalid because the firearm enhancement was not authorized by the jury’s special verdict making a deadly weapon finding. Because the judgment and sentence properly cited the…