State v. Owens

¶1 The State appeals the superior court’s reversal of Mark Owens’ unlawful display of a weapon conviction. A district court jury found Owens guilty of unlawful display of a weapon. On appeal, the superior court reversed Owens’ conviction, ruling that the trial court erred in refusing Owens’ proposed jury instruction requiring the State to prove that he did not commit the charged crime while “in his place of abode.” Because the “place of abode” exception under ROW 9.41.270(3) is inapplicable to the facts of this case, the district court did not err in declining to give Owens’ proposed jury…