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HOKAMA v. JOHNSON

Nos. 44842, 44930.

89 Wn.2d 580 (1978)

574 P.2d 379

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of WAYNE HOKAMA, Petitioner, v. BRUCE JOHNSON, ET AL, Respondents. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of SIDNEY JEROME MOORE, Appellant, v. BRUCE JOHNSON, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hertog, Jr., Allen M. Ressler, and Laurel Smith, for petitioner and appellant.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Nate D. Mannakee, Assistant, for respondents.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

The task before us in these consolidated cases is to determine the meaning of the words "previously convicted" as used in the deadly weapon statute, RCW 9.95.040. Two defendants are involved.

Defendants appeal the decisions of the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles (Board) imposing upon each a mandatory minimum term of 7 1/2 years pursuant to the deadly weapon statute. We affirm the Board's decisions.

The legislature has determined...

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