State v. Lopez

— State v. Lopez, 107 Wn. App. 270, 27 P.3d 237 (2001) vacated Respondent Lopez’s life-long persistent offender sentence because the State failed to establish the necessary predicate convictions with satisfactory evidence. The Court of Appeals remanded for sentencing on the existing record. We affirm.

FACTS

Sylvester Lopez was charged with four counts of first degree assault with a firearm and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree. On direct examination Lopez admitted a previous conviction for first degree burglary. Verbatim Report of Proceedings (RP) at *518318. A…