Concrete Industries Co. v. Commissioner

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• recognizing that knowledge is an implicit element of unlawful possession of a firearm under RCW 9.41.040
• concluding that a class 0 felony, with its maximum possible sentence of five years, is a harsh penalty under this factor
• concluding that the “[m]ost compelling” reason to interpret mens rea into the statute was “the fact that entirely innocent conduct may fall within the net cast by the statute in question”
• holding that knowledge is an element of RCW 9.41.040
• stating that unwitting possession of firearms does not pose a risk to third parties
• holding unlawful possession of a firearm is not a strict liability offense and the State must demonstrate the defendant was aware of the presence of the weapon, but not holding the defendant must know possession is a crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).