People v. Roner A.

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• construing six criminal means delineated by statute as having common qualities, rather than as including an outlier
• describing RCW 9A.76.050(4) as \one essential element\ of the crime of rendering criminal assistance
• defendant falsely telling police that he was unaware of identity of man who shot him not a crime
• under noscitur a sociis, affirmative act requirement of five statutory provisions defining crime of rendering criminal assistance created an inference that remaining provisions also required an affirmative act
• crime of rendering criminal assistance, which \embodies many of the same principles\ as accessory after the fact, \requires an affirmative act or statement that raises a defense for [principal felon]\
• to prove rendering criminal assistance by-deception, the State had to show that the defendant’s deception prevented or obstructed police from performing an act that might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the suspect

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