SEINFELD, J.
Joseph C. Marking appeals his jury conviction for violation of a domestic violence no-contact order. We find invalid a pretrial no-contact order that fails to inform the person subject to it that consent is not a defense to a charge of violating the order. Here, the order was invalid and, thus, the evidence of the crime was insufficient. Consequently, we reverse.
FACTS
On June 15, 1998, the Kitsap County District Court entered a domestic...
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