State v. Madrid

Penoyar, A.C.J.

¶1 A jury convicted Jeffrey P. Madrid for nine counts of violating a protection order issued on behalf of his estranged wife, Dixie, and his stepdaughter, AP. Seven of the nine counts stem from letters Madrid wrote to Dixie but sent to Dixie’s mother, who delivered them to Dixie several months later. Madrid argues that (1) his convictions on all nine counts should be vacated because the penalty provision statute for protection order violations (former RCW 26.50.110(1) (2000)) was ambiguous and (2) the delivery of the seven letters supports only one conviction for violation of a…