IN RE SKJONSBY

No. 6574-0-III.

40 Wn. App. 541 (1985)

699 P.2d 789

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of DAVID JAMES SKJONSBY, Petitioner.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Three.

May 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Ackerman and Francis & Ackerman, for petitioner.

Donald C. Brockett, Prosecuting Attorney, and Clark Colwell, Deputy, for respondent.


MUNSON, J.

David James Skjonsby seeks relief from personal restraint imposed as a result of his November 1981 conviction for second degree assault. Relying on State v. Acosta, 101 Wn.2d 612, 683 P.2d 1069 (1984), Mr. Skjonsby contends the jury instructions in his case did not properly allocate the burden of proof on self-defense. We are constrained...

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