STATE v. KNIPPLING

No. 80848-1.

206 P.3d 332 (2009)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Tucero Antonio KNIPPLING, Respondent. Calvin Jay Washington, Gigi T. Rhea, and Krista D. Gardner, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Tucker, Mark Erik Lindsey, Spokane County Prosecutor's Office, Spokane, WA, for Petitioner.

Gregory Charles Link, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


ALEXANDER, C.J.

¶ 1 We granted review to determine whether Tucero Knippling's 1999 superior court conviction for a most serious offense (second degree robbery) counts as a "strike" under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA), in light of the fact that Knippling was a juvenile at the time of that conviction and there is no indication on the judgment and sentence why he was before the superior court. We conclude that the State failed to establish that...

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