Legal Opinion
State v. Cruz
Washington Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1999No. 67147-8PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSanders, J.
The Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA), RCW 9.94A.120(4), mandates life without possibility of parole when the offender is convicted of a third “most serious offense” after two separate prior convictions. RCW 9.94A.030(25). Sabas Cruz appealed such a sentence to the Court of Appeals claiming the offense for which he was sentenced was his second, not his third, and one of the prior convictions had previously “washed out” and thus could not be calculated as part of his offender score. The Court of Appeals affirmed, but we reverse the Court of Appeals and remand for resentencing.
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