State v. Keller

Petitioner Lawrence John Keller seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division One, which affirmed his conviction in the King County Superior Court for vehicular assault under former RCW 46.61.522(1)(b) and felony hit and run under RCW 46.52.020.1 Petitioner was determined to be a persistent offender with three “strikes,” thus subjecting him to the penalty of life imprisonment under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (Persistent Offender Act).2 The Court of Appeals concluded the phrase “included in the offender score under [former] RCW 9.94A.360” in former RCW…