Legal Opinion
State v. Yancey
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 14, 2019No. 95992-7PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon McCLOUD, J.
¶ 1 James Austin Yancey, a military veteran with no prior criminal history, was caught selling drugs within a school zone. Yancey pleaded guilty and asked the trial court for a lenient sentence-either a first-time offender waiver or a residential-based drug offender sentencing alternative (DOSA). RCW 9.94A.660. The State objected to the residential-based DOSA because the relevant DOSA statute allows only a prison -based-not a *519 residential -based-DOSA for defendants with a standard range like the one Yancey had. RCW 9.94A.660(3). Over the State's objection, the trial court imposed a…
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