CITY OF SEATTLE v. EVANS

No. 67816-7-I.

327 P.3d 1303 (2014)

CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. Wayne EVANS, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey Grannis , Nielsen Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Richard Edward Greene , Seattle City Attorney Public & Community, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


LEACH, J.

¶ 1 On this discretionary review of Wayne Evans's conviction for unlawful use of weapons, we must decide the constitutionality of Seattle Ordinance 12A.14.080 under both article I, section 24 of the Washington State Constitution and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Evans contends that Seattle's prohibition on carrying a fixed-blade knife in public violates his federal and state constitutional right to bear arms. Our state Supreme...

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