State Of Washington v. Jacob Ivan Schmitt, & Prp Of Schmitt

¶1 Jacob Ivan Schmitt pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree theft and one count of second degree burglary. He appeals, contending his prior 1996 second degree robbery conviction washed out, even though he was convicted of federal bank robbery in 2001, because the subsequent crime was not comparable to a Washington offense. We hold that the 1996 robbery conviction did not wash out because Schmitt committed an intervening federal felony offense for which he spent over 10 years incarcerated. In the unpublished portion of the opinion, we address and reject Schmitt’s remaining arguments…