State Of Washington v. Esteban Joel Flores

¶1 — RCW 28A.635.030 provides: “Any person who shall willfully create a disturbance on school premises during school hours . . . shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the penalty for which shall be a fine in any sum not more than fifty dollars.” This appeal asks whether the trial court may impose punishment other than a fine not more than fifty dollars, such as detention or community supervision under the statute. After employing principles of statutory construction, we hold that the trial court may only impose the limited fine.

FACTS

¶2 Appellant Esteban Flores, a seventeen-year-old student at…