Court Opinion

ID: 9794573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:08:08.680553+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:17:58.803034
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Dore, J.
(concurring) — A toy gun is not a deadly weapon. There was evidence before the jury, however, that the defendant had a real gun when he assaulted and raped the victim. The defendant's cellmate testified that the defendant told him the police had found the wrong gun, and that he had used a real gun which he had borrowed from a friend at the military base where he was stationed when he committed the rape.
A real gun would satisfy the definition of a deadly weapon under RCW 9A.04.110(6). The testimony of the cellmate was sufficient for the jury to find that the defendant possessed a deadly weapon at the time he raped the victim. I would affirm on this basis only.