STATE v. BISHOP

No. 6509-1.

24 Wn. App. 414 (1979)

601 P.2d 962

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. WALLY GLEN BISHOP, Appellant.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

October 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Corner, for appellant (appointed counsel for appeal).

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and J. Robin Hunt and Michael T. DiJulio, Deputies, for respondent.


JAMES, J.

Defendant Wally Glen Bishop pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, a felony under RCW 9.41.040, which provides that violations thereof are punishable by "imprisonment in the state penitentiary for not less than one year nor more than ten years." (Italics ours.) RCW 9.95.010 provides in part that a sentencing judge shall fix only the "maximum term" of a sentence and that...

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