State of Washington v. Benjamin Gordon Swofford, Jr.

FILED NOVEMBER 16, 2017 In the Office of the Clerk of Court WA State Court of Appeals, Division Ill IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION THREE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) No. 34745-1-111 Respondent, ) ) V. ) ) BENJAMIN GORDON SWOFFORD JR., ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) Appellant. ) KORSMO, J. - Benjamin Swofford, Jr., raises several challenges to his conviction for attempting to elude, including an argument that the trial court wrongly denied him a necessity defense. He was not entitled to present a necessity defense under the facts of this case, so we affirm. FACTS The incident…