Legal Opinion
State v. Bolton
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided July 13, 1979No. 3337-2PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Brian Bolton appeals from a 10-year sentence imposed on his plea of guilty to negligent homicide, RCW 46.61.520. On appeal defendant does not seek reversal of his conviction; he requests only that the matter be remanded for resentencing.
The issues raised on appeal are: (1) that defendant was given no meaningful opportunity to rebut certain disputed facts relied upon by the judge in imposing a prison sentence; (2) that the sentencing violated the "appearance of fairness" doctrine; and (3) that the judge abused his discretion by not granting probation. For the reasons which follow we resolve…
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