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STATE v. CANTU

No. 76198-1.

132 P.3d 725 (2006)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Antonio B. CANTU, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 20, 2006.

As Amended May 26, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Marie Gasch, Gasch Law Office, Spokane, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Carole Louise Highland, Teresa Jeanne Chen, Grant County Prosecutor's Office, Ephrata, for Appellee/Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 Seventeen-year old Antonio B. Cantu was convicted of residential burglary following allegations he entered his mother's home, broke into her dead bolt-locked bedroom door, and took some of her possessions. We are again asked to interpret a statute that could be construed to impermissibly shift the burden of persuasion to the accused and relieve the State of its obligation to prove each element of the crime.1

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