STATE v. BERRY

No. 67470-1.

5 P.3d 658 (2000)

141 Wash.2d 121

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Lanyard BERRY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seattle-King County public Defender, Neil Fox, Stephanie Adraktas, Seattle, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, Ann Summers, Deputy, William Berg, Deputy, Seattle, for respondent.


IRELAND, J.

We accepted review of this case from Division One of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the defendant's conviction of four counts of first degree robbery. The sole issue before this court is whether two "stayed" California convictions were properly counted as a "strike" under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA), see RCW 9.94A.120. We hold that they were and affirm Lanyard Berry's judgment and sentence to life imprisonment without...

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