STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 60197-1-I.

208 P.3d 1265 (2009)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. George Alvin JOHNSON, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

June 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea Ruth Vitalich, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Christopher Gibson, Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.


ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 Despite claims of insanity and/or diminished capacity, George Johnson was convicted of three counts of bank robbery. He contends the trial court improperly limited expert testimony concerning his defenses and improperly instructed the jury about diminished capacity. Johnson also appeals his sentence, arguing that certain prior convictions should not have counted as "strikes" under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA) of the Sentencing...

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