STATE v. WILSON

Nos. 49174-1-I, 50496-7-I.

75 P.3d 573 (2003)

117 Wash.App. 1

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Richard Parnell WILSON, Appellant. In re the Personal Restraint of Richard Parnell Wilson, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered May 5, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kummerow, Wash. App. Proj., Seattle, for Appellant.

Ian M. Goodhew, King Co. Pros. Atty., Seattle, for Respondent.


GROSSE, J.

A law is an ex post facto law when it makes more burdensome the punishment for a crime, or increases the quantum of punishment for a crime, after its commission. The law here, increasing punishment for a third violation of a no-contact order, was enacted nearly five years before Richard Wilson committed his third violation. It applied prospectively to Wilson's future conduct, did not increase the punishment for...

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