In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of: Edward Leon Nelson

FILED JULY 9, 2020 In the Office of the Clerk of Court WA State Court of Appeals Division III IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION THREE IN THE MATTER OF THE PERSONAL ) RESTRAINT OF EDWARD LEON ) No. 35738-4III NELSON. ) ) ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) ) ) FEARING, J. — In a personal restraint petition, Edward Nelson challenges his life sentence as a persistent offender. He argues that the sentencing court erroneously concluded that a 1991 conviction for promoting prostitution in the first degree was a strike offense when the crime is now redefined to exclude the conduct for…