Opinion ID: 2373418
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Heading: Insufficient evidence exists to show Marohl assaulted Peterson with an instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm.

Text: ¶ 25 The prosecuting attorney argued the instrument or thing Marohl used to injure Peterson was a combination of the arm lock, the choke lock, and taking him into the ground and slamming him into the floor. 4 RP (Feb. 1, 2008) at 449. A bare arm may not be the instrument or thing that elevates an assault charge. [4] See State v. Donofrio, 141 Wash. 132, 137-38, 250 P. 951 (1926) (holding a bare fist or hand is not a weapon or other instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm). Because Marohl's arm and the casino floor must be excluded from the definition of instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm, insufficient evidence exists to show Marohl committed third degree assault under RCW 9A.36.031(1)(d). ¶ 26 We reverse.