State v. Williams

148 P.3d 993 (2006)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner,

v.

Matthew Arthur W. WILLIAMS, Respondent.

No. 76625-8.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued October 27, 2005.

Decided November 30, 2006.

Thomas E. Weaver Jr., Attorney at Law, Bremerton, WA, for Petitioner.

Randall Avery Sutton, Kitsap Co. Prosecutor's Office, Port Orchard, WA, for Respondent.

MADSEN, J.

¶ 1 Matthew Williams challenges his conviction for possession of an unlawful firearm pursuant to RCW 9.41.190. Williams claims that instruction 11, the "to convict" instruction, was a misstatement of the law because it failed to inform the…