Legal Opinion
State v. King
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 26, 2009No. 26695-8-IIIPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶1 The appellant here challenges the authority of a sentencing court to run the sentence for his current conviction (witness intimidation) consecutively to a sentence he was already serving for drug possession. We conclude that the court had the authority to run the sentence for the current crime consecutively to the sentence he was already serving. And we, therefore, affirm the sentence.
Sweeney, J.
FACTS
¶2 Deputy Sheriff Michael McNees arrested Anthony King in 2003 for possessing drugs and stolen property. The State later charged Mr. King with one count of possession of a controlled substance…
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