State v. Willis

103 P.3d 1213 (2005)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Bilal Haneff WILLIS, Petitioner.

No. 74561-7.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued June 8, 2004.

Decided January 6, 2005.

Thomas Edward Doyle, Hansville, Patricia Anne Pethick, Tacoma, for Petitioner.

Steven Curtis Sherman, Thurston County Pros. Office, Olympia, for Respondent.

MADSEN, J.

Bilal Willis challenges the Court of Appeals decision affirming application of firearm enhancements to his sentences for burglary and theft. Willis contends that the jury was improperly instructed on the elements necessary to establish that he was "armed…