State Of Washington v. Benjamin Valles

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 79589-9-I Respondent, DIVISION ONE v. UNPUBLISHED OPINION BENJAMIN VALLES, JR., Appellant. LEACH, J. — Benjamin Valles appeals his conviction for first degree assault and first degree robbery. He asserts he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel did not object to evidence of an out-of-court statement from a non-testifying expert witness that was inadmissible hearsay and violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. He also claims the State violated his constitutional right to jury…