State v. Smith

¶1 — We must decide whether the trial court gave Beau Smith a part concurrent, part consecutive “hybrid sentence” in violation of RCW 9.94A.589. In the same proceeding, Smith was given DOSA (drug offender sentencing alternative) sentences of 50 months and 18 months and a non-DOSA sentence of 43 months. The first half of Smith’s DOSA sentences (25 months and 9 months, respectively) run concurrently with his 43-month, non-DOSA sentence. *124At the end of the 25 months, however, Smith will remain in confinement to finish the rest of his 43-month, non-DOSA sentence. After he completes the non-DOSA…