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STATE v. HAPPY

No. 47003.

94 Wn.2d 791 (1980)

620 P.2d 97

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. RALPH HAPPY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

December 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Orno Shoemaker (Eli Rapaich, Gary E. Lofland, and Rapaich & Knutson, of counsel), for petitioner.

John M. Lyden, Prosecuting Attorney, for respondent.

This opinion was prepared by the late Justice Charles T. Wright. It is adopted by the undersigned Justices as the opinion of this court.

792"/> This appeal relates to the question of the petitioner's right of allocution under CrR 7.1(a)(1).1 We hold its provisions are mandatory and that the trial court must in every instance afford the defendant the opportunity to speak immediately prior to the imposition of sentence.

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