State v. Johnson

Gregory Johnson appeals his conviction for delivery and possession of cocaine. Although the accomplice jury instruction misstated the law of accomplice liability, we conclude the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial court’s response to an inquiry from the jury was not an abuse of discretion or an improper comment on the evidence and the school bus zone sentence enhancement statute is not unconstitutionally vague and does not violate Johnson’s due process rights. We affirm.

FACTS

On the afternoon of September 18, 1997, Seattle Police Department officers conducted a “buy/bust”…