State Of Washington v. Christian Adrian Presteen

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) No. 80955-5-I ) Respondent, ) DIVISION ONE ) v. ) ) PRESTEEN, CHRISTIAN ADRIAN, ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION DOB: 02/24/1979, ) ) Appellant. ) BOWMAN, J. — Christian Adrian Presteen appeals his life sentence without parole under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (POAA), chapter 9.94A RCW, following a conviction for assault in the second degree. Presteen argues the trial court should not have sentenced him as a persistent offender because the legislature no longer considers one of…