State v. Koser

Is this a frivolous appeal? An information filed in the Superior Court for Grays Harbor County accused the defendant in three counts with the criminal use of explosives. Count 1 charged him with arson in the second degree (RCW 9.09.020); count 2 with endangering life and property by explosives (RCW 70.74.270); and count 3 with the offense of damaging buildings by explosives (RCW 70.74.280). Defendant pleaded not guilty and a jury found him guilty on each count. The jury also returned a special verdict finding, as to count 2, in the language of the statute that the “circumstances and…