Opinion ID: 2640894
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Heading: Bryant

Text: ¶ 8 On August 6, 1994, Dennis Bryant shot Derek Burfect and Jacque Burns in a parking lot following the Seafair parade. Burns died as a result of his injuries. The State charged Bryant with one count of second degree murder under RCW 9A.32.050(1)(a) (intentional murder) and .050(1)(b) (felony murder predicated on assault), using language indistinguishable from that in Wright's case. [4] ¶ 9 As in Wright's case, the trial court instructed the jury only on the felony murder alternative, using the same pattern instructions. Clerk's Papers (Bryant) at 200, 213. Neither the prosecutor nor defense counsel took exception to the jury instructions. The jury returned a general verdict of guilt. ¶ 10 The defendants' second degree murder convictions were upheld on direct review. Following this court's decision in Hinton, however, the Court of Appeals granted the defendants' personal restraint petitions and vacated the convictions. In both cases, the State sought to retry the defendants for second degree murder, this time under the intentional murder alternative alone. The trial courts granted the defendants' motions to dismiss the charges on double jeopardy grounds. However, the trial courts ruled the State could retry Wright for first degree manslaughter and Bryant for first degree assault. ¶ 11 Instead, the State successfully moved for discretionary review of the trial courts' rulings at the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals stayed Bryant's case pending its decision in Wright's case. In State v. Wright, 131 Wash.App. 474, 127 P.3d 742 (2006), the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and remanded for trial. The Court of Appeals then reversed the trial court in Bryant's case and remanded for further proceedings. State v. Garrett, noted at 132 Wash.App. 1056 (2006). This court consolidated Bryant's petition for review with Wright's and granted review. State v. Wright, 159 Wash.2d 1014, 155 P.3d 139 (2007).