State v. Minor’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Ignorance of the law is generally not a defense, and Washington case law provides that knowledge of the illegality of firearm possession is not an element of the crime. However, the lower courts have carved a narrow exception for where a governmental entity has provided affirmative, misleading information.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Breitung · State v. CHANTHABOULY

2. “Though the State argues that [the defendant] has provided no evidence of being misled by the predicate offense court, by failing to check the appropriate paragraph in the order, the predicate offense court not only failed to give written notice as required by former RCW 9.41.047(1) but, also, we conclude, affirmatively represented to [the defendant] that those paragraphs did not apply to him. Had the order omitted any language regarding the firearms prohibition, as in Carter, the State's argument would be more persuasive.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Breitung

3. “[I]n enacting this statute, the legislature balanced the concern with escalating violence, which some commentators blamed on the `ready availability of firearms,' with the concern that restricting firearm availability will infringe upon the right of a law-abiding citizen to keep and bear arms.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Breitung