State Of Washington v. Dontrail Latham

FILED COURT OF APPEALS DR1y' ES! ON T 201 L SEP - 3 Al'i 3: 2 STATE OF liVASHNGTON RY D PUTY IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 43785 -6 -II Respondent, v. DONTRAIL MONIQUE LATHAM, PUBLISHED OPINION Appellant. WORSWICK, J. — Dontrail Latham appeals his life sentence, imposed pursuant to the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA).1 Latham argues that he does not qualify as a persistent offender" because his two Nevada offenses, a guilty plea to battery with " substantial bodily harm" and an Alford2 plea to voluntary manslaughter, are…