State v. Lee

Appellant, Press Lee, Jr., appeals the trial court judgment which declared him a habitual criminal pursuant to RCW 9.92.090.1 Appellant challenges the constitutionality of the habitual criminal statute and assigns error to a number of evidentiary rulings by the trial judge.

In September 1973, appellant was charged and convicted of robbery. Respondent, the State of Washington, subsequently filed a supplemental information seeking an adjudication that appellant was a habitual criminal. The information also alleged five felonies,2 including the recent robbery conviction. Appellant filed a motion…