State v. Adame

In this consolidated appeal, Cesar Adame and Ana Carolina Maldonado raise several issues related to the unwitting possession defense against a charge of possession of a controlled substance, RCW 69.50.401(d). Mr. Adame also contends the crimes of possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a short firearm or pistol, RCW 9.41.040(4), 2 constitute the same criminal conduct and should count as one crime for sentencing purposes, RCW 9.94A.400(l)(a). We affirm.

These convictions arose from a search, on April 4, 1988, of a Moses Lake house in which Mr. Adame and Ms. Maldonado had…