STATE v. WATKINS

No. 56507-9-I.

148 P.3d 1112 (2006)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Jermaine Devon WATKINS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

December 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Gibson, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, Valerie Marushige, Attorney at Law, Des Moines, Counsel for Appellants.

Scott Frederick Leist, King County Prosecuting Atty Office, Seattle, Counsel for Respondents.


PUBLISHED IN PART

COX, J.

¶ 1 Jury instructions must more than adequately convey the law. They must make the relevant legal standard "manifestly apparent to the average juror."1 Here, the unanimity instruction given to the jury arguably does not meet this standard. But we are bound by precedent from the supreme court that expressly approves the unanimity instruction given in this case. Accordingly, we must reject the argument...

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