Legal Opinion
State v. Berry
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 6, 2000No. 67470-1PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
— We accepted review of this case from Division One of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the defendant’s conviction of four counts of first degree robbery. The sole issue before this court is whether two “stayed” California convictions were properly counted as a “strike” under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA), see RCW 9.94A.120. We hold that they were and affirm Lanyard Berry’s judgment and sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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FACTS
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Berry’s Prior California Convictions
In 1975, Berry was convicted in California of voluntary manslaughter (Count I)…
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