State Of Washington v. Brandon Dale Backstrom

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 77134-5-I ) Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) BRANDON DALE BACKSTROM, ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) Appellant. ) ) VERELLEN, J. — Trial courts must meaningfully consider, but have considerable discretion to weigh, the mitigating factors of youth when sentencing a defendant convicted of crimes committed as a juvenile. Because the trial court meaningfully considered mitigating evidence of Brandon Backstrom’s youthfulness during resentencing, including evidence of his capacity for rehabilitation, the court did not abuse…