State v. Knowles

Ronald D. Knowles appeals from the judgment and sentence entered upon his bench trial conviction of vehicular homicide. Specifically, he contends that there was insufficient evidence that his intoxication proximately caused the decedent's death. The State cross-appeals from the sentence entered. It argues that, under the sentencing guidelines of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (RCW 9.94A), Knowles' conviction at age 17 of driving while intoxicated should have been computed in his offender score as an adult conviction, rather than as a juvenile conviction. We find that the evidence supports…