Case# 310981

Statement of Additional Grounds for Review

State of Washington v.

Christopher Randolph Tate

.APR 2 9 2013

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR REVIEW

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STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

C/lfr:sTcJfi!EtfA!Jdt91th ~~ - Appellant.

No.3'1~--~-~ STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL GROUNDS FOR REVIEW

, have received and reviewed the opening

brief prepared by my attorney. Summarized below are the additional grounds for review that

are not addressed in that brief. I understand the Court will review this Statement of

Additional Grounds for Review when my appeal is considered on the merits.

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The Honorable Carrie L. Runge

April 25, 2013

8·30 am

.APR 2 9 2013

SUPERlOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE (}j: \',:\:J!:!>,'iTUN

FOR BENTcH COUNTY By __ _

STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Vs.

Respondent,

Defendant.

No.11-1-00784-1

MOTION TO IS»61lJISS JUDGMENT ANDSENTENCEPURSUANTTO CrR 7.8 (B) AND REVIEW OF THE MERlTS, PURSUANT TO RAP 7.2 (e)

(CLERK'S ACTION REQUIRED)

I. RELIEF REQUESTED

, defendant pro Se, requests for this action to be modified

because under CrR 7.8 (b)( 4), the judgment is void, or (5) any other reason justifying relief

from the operation of the judgn).ent, postjudgment motions and actions to modify decisio~.

The trial court has authority to hear and determine (1) postjudgment motions

authorized by the civil rules, the criminal rules, or statutes, and (2) actions to change or

modify a decision that is subject to modification by the court that initially made the

decision. The postjudgment motion or action shall first be heard by the trial court, which

shall decide the matter. See RAP 7.2 (e).

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II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Procedural/Substantive Facts

On August 30, 2012 the defendant was sentenced to 55 months in

prison for the crime of Unlawful possession of a firearm, not-witnstandinc ··ithstanding that the State did not prove the eseetial elements

of tahe crime in the information.

The States theory is that Mr. Tate knew that the bag was in in the back of the cartand that it containe¢ a weapon.

IV. EVIDENCE RELIED UPON

The evidence relied upon are herein the above entitled case, and Exhibits A- __

are attached.

V. AUTHORITY

1. Jurisdiction

This court has jurisdiction over this matter, pursuant to CrR 7.8 (b) and RAP 7.2

(e). On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party from a final

judgment, in order, or proceeding if the charges are dismissed, judgment is void or any

other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment. See CrR 7.8 (4) (5). The

trial court has the authority to hear and determine, (1) postjudgment motions authorized by

the criminal rules and (2~ actions to change or modify a decision that is subject to

modification by the court that initially made the decision. The postjudgment motion action

shall first be heard by the trial court, which shall decide the matter. See RAP 7.2 (e).

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Trooper: Brad Neff

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WASHINGTON STATE PATROL REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

NARRATIVE

Case#

'11-011362

. .On July 25, 2011 at approximately 2224 hou:s, I h~ard Trooper Dave BrancH (#313) stop ·a vehicle at .Y elm and Entiat St in Benton County .. Trooper Brandt ran a driver's check and it came back with two felony. warrants. l responded to the scene. and assisted Trooper" Brandt getting Christopher R. Tate in custody ..

... Trooper Brandt had Mr. Tate in the back sea,t of hi_.s _p~trol ca_rand asked Mr .. Tate--if he wanted. to waive .the .. - vehicle or if he wanted it toWed. Mr~,Tate.adV:ised justieave·Oifhe~e. t:rooperBrandt told Mr. Tate .we.could notleave ithere beeause it was in the roadway, however we could· move it to the church parking lot -and :get ..it.off the r·oadway~ Mr: Tate agreed, ·but act-.·ised he wanted to· watQh. I hopped in the car.arrd move_d .. ft.to. the

1'\ Church parking bt. When : was in the ·.rehicie, l detected what was recognized to me through exp_ erience ll

and training as an odor of marihuana inside the vehicle. I had not detected an odor of marihuana as I was standing next to Mr. Ta~e while outside the vehiCle._ · .!? . · · I told Trooper Brandt I detected an odor~): marihuana coming from ·inside the vehicle. l had ~eft the driver's door open when I exited and Trooper Brandt advised he could smell it too. Trooper .Brandt went back over to his car and asked Mr. Tate about the odor of marihuana. Mr. Tate. denied a11y marihu~na in the .car.· .:Trooper.Brandt advised Mr. Tate his constitutional rights which he understood. Trooper Brandt asked if he

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' . .cou.ld hav~,.co.n~en.t_to search his caL ,Mf:',Jo~t~.advised no:-Mr Tate ad.vis~~ithere_wa~·a.gun in-a ba.gthat ~~'[.ll~~·no(-hrs·'".He advrsed somebody else left Jtrn the .car and he looked mstde·and realized there was a gun ·:inthe~b~g. Mr. Tate advised there was a smat! bag of bud behind the driver's seat and he wouid get)t ~himself: Trooper Brandt asked again if he would complete a consent to search form to look in his car. Mr. Tate did not wan~ to. ~

I spoke to Trooper Brandt and he decided to attempt to obtain a search warrant. f told Trooper Brandt l 11 could take Mr. Tate to Benton County jail since he was complaining about being in the back seat of the h patrol car. I transported Mr. Tate to the Benton County jaH where he was booked on the warrants.

When l cleared the jail, I assisted Pasco PO with a pursuit in Kennewick then responded back to the scene with Trooper Brandt. I notice Trooper Brandt had recovered a revolver, and some drugs and some paraphernalia. Trooper Brandt noticed a left rear wing window that had been broken out and was concerned about leaving the car in the parking !ot unse::;ured. Trooper Brandt called the next rotational tow. 1

completed the !rnpound form and gave ii to Trooper Brandt.

I CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER T/-fE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WAS/-f!NGTON THAT THE FOREGOING fS TRUE AND COF?RECT.

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SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR BENTON COUNTY

STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, No.

Vs. AFFIDAVIT OF THE DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER R. TATE

CHRISTOPHER R. TATE, Defendant.

STATE OF WASHINGTON ) ) ...

COUNTY-'OF Franklin )

I Christoper R Tate, am over the age of eighteen and deposes and says:

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1. I am currently incarcerated at the Coyote Ridge Corrections~ Center, 1301 N. Ephrata Ave. PO Box 769,, Connell, Washington 99326.

2. I was given 55 months in prison and no community custody.

3. That I was convicted of the Crime of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm and that I was acquitted of the crime of Possession of a Controlled Substance

4. That pursuant to the Holdings in State v. Schelin, 147 Wn.2d 562, 575-76, 55 P.3d 632 (2002), A nexus must be proven between the defendant, the crime and the weapon, to make the corpus delecti for a Unlawful possession of a firearm to exist. It says that showing that a weapon was accessible during a crime does not necessarily show a nexus between the crime and the ·· weapon. [T]he mere presence of a weapon at a crime scene may be insufficient to establish a nexus between a crime and a weapon. Schelin 147 Wn.2d at 570. Likewise [s]implyuconstructively possessiong a weapon on the premises sometime during the entire periond of illegal activty is not enough to establish a nexus between the crime and the weapon. QChelin, 147 Wn.2d at 570 (quoting State v. Johnson, 94 Wn.App. 882, 895 974 P.2d 855 [162 Wn.2d 433] (1999)).

5. That I never possessed the weapon, actually or constructively.

6. That the State did not meet the corpus delecti to even charge me with the crime, when the weapon that they did find was not easily accessible or readily available for use in the offense or defense.

7. That the chares against me should be dismissed for the essential elements were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

8. That the ends of justice be served.

I declare under the penalty of perjury for the laws of the State of Washington, that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED THIS ·z_ 2._ day of }r\ Q CLJ'>.

Respectfully submyQted,

' 2013.

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN'TO before me

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