State v. Thomas

Schindler, A.C.J.

¶1 Gregory Thomas contends the sentencing court’s decision to include out-of-state convictions in the calculation of his offender score violated his constitutional and due process rights to a jury trial. In the alternative, Thomas argues the State failed to prove the out-of-state California convictions for burglary and receiving stolen property were comparable to a Washington crime. Under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 491-92, 120 S. Ct. 2348, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435 (2000), and Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004), a sentencing…