State v. Fernandez-Medina

6 P.3d 1150 (2000)

141 Wash.2d 448

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Roiland FERNANDEZ-MEDINA, Petitioner.

No. 67736-1.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued December 9, 1999.

Decided August 24, 2000.

Mary High, Tacoma, for Petitioner.

John Ladenburg, Pierce County Prosecutor, Barbara Corey-Boulet, Deputy, Michael Sommerfeld, Deputy, Tacoma, for Respondent.

ALEXANDER, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether the trial court erred in declining to instruct the jury that second degree assault is an inferior degree offense to the offense with which the defendant was charged, first degree…