State v. Easterlin

149 P.3d 366 (2006)

STATE of Washington, Respondent,

v.

Sheldon Dwight EASTERLIN, Petitioner.

No. 76861-7.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued March 14, 2006.

Decided December 21, 2006.

Stephanie C. Cunningham, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Alicia Marie Burton, Pierce County Prosecutors Office, Tacoma, WA, for Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 "Armed criminals pose an increasing and major threat to public safety and can turn any crime into serious injury or death." "Hard Time for Armed Crime Act." Laws of 1995, ch. 129, § 1(1)(a) (Initiative 159 (I-159)). Reducing armed crime is a laudable goal.

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