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STATE v. VILLANUEVA-GONZALEZ

No. 89364-1.

329 P.3d 78 (2014)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Miguel Angel VILLANUEVA-GONZALEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 17, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Mowry Cruser , Clark County Prosecuting Attorney, Vancouver, WA, for Petitioner.

Maureen Marie Cyr , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Miguel Angel Villanueva-Gonzalez was convicted of second degree assault and fourth degree assault for attacking his girl friend. He contends that his actions constituted one assault, and therefore his two convictions violate double jeopardy. To analyze his claim, we look to how the legislature has defined "assault" and determine whether the legislature intended to punish assault as a course of conduct or upon each individual act. However, the legislature...

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