State v. Summers

Appellant Arthur Summers challenges his conviction and sentencing for violation of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA). Because his challenge is based upon the claimed invalidity of an earlier conviction for first degree manslaughter, the appellant has also filed a personal restraint petition which has been consolidated with the appeal.1 Because we determine that the burden of proof rule in self-defense cases announced after appellant's 1976 manslaughter conviction should not be retroactively applied, *925we affirm appellant's VUFA conviction below and dismiss his personal restraint petition.

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