IN RE LOFTON

No. 57295-4-I.

174 P.3d 703 (2008)

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of Larnel Webb LOFTON, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey Grannis, Nielsen Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Ann Marie Summers, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 RCW 9.94A.525(14) provides that, "If the present conviction is for . . . Escape 2 . . ., count adult prior convictions as one point and juvenile prior convictions as 1/2 point." Other sections of the same statute require that "each conviction" be counted. We hold this difference in language does not reflect a legislative intent that all priors be counted together as a single point when calculating offender scores for escape crimes. We therefore...

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