The sentence would be reckless endangerment in that case, possibly multiple counts; search engines suggest this is a gross misdemeanor in Washington State, which would make a typical maximum sentence of about a year. (Were I the judge, I would schedule the year for each count to be served successively, but that’s me.)
In Washington, that’s at least attemptedmanslaughter, which leads to a 10 year maximum. It may even be attempted murder, though we’d need to check the case law.
This is Australia. He started with possession of an unlicensed firearm and worked up from there.
The worst part was the appeal. I showed them the security footage in which I clearly reseeded the revolver between each of my four shots rather then firing four chambers sequentially and they wouldn’t reduce the sentence by 22%.
If one of my shots had gone off on the second shot we could have seen if the judge was a frequentist. Would he call in a psychologist as an expert witness? “Was the defendant planning to shoot twice or shoot up to four times until the gun fired?”
Edit: Blueberry’s interpretation may be more accurate.
The sentence would be reckless endangerment in that case, possibly multiple counts; search engines suggest this is a gross misdemeanor in Washington State, which would make a typical maximum sentence of about a year. (Were I the judge, I would schedule the year for each count to be served successively, but that’s me.)
In Washington, that’s at least attempted manslaughter, which leads to a 10 year maximum. It may even be attempted murder, though we’d need to check the case law.
This is Australia. He started with possession of an unlicensed firearm and worked up from there.
The worst part was the appeal. I showed them the security footage in which I clearly reseeded the revolver between each of my four shots rather then firing four chambers sequentially and they wouldn’t reduce the sentence by 22%.
If one of my shots had gone off on the second shot we could have seen if the judge was a frequentist. Would he call in a psychologist as an expert witness? “Was the defendant planning to shoot twice or shoot up to four times until the gun fired?”
Correction: a Class A felony has a maximum sentence of life in prison, according to your link. Otherwise, yeah, you’re right.