State v. Johnson

Andersen, C.J.—

Facts of Case

The defendant, Squaire Johnson, Jr., appeals from the judgment and sentence entered following a jury verdict finding him guilty of assault in the second degree while armed with a deadly weapon.

On a Christmas eve afternoon, the defendant while armed with a knife inflicted numerous wounds to the chest, neck and hands of a man living in the same household. It is uncontroverted that but for the prompt arrival of Seattle Fire Department paramedics and an emergency run of a Seattle police car to get a supply of whole blood for him, the victim of the stabbing almost…