State v. Tinh Quoc Tran

Tinh Quoc Tran appeals his conviction for driving without a valid driver’s license. Before Tran’s criminal trial for this offense, his community supervision and disposition for a prior juvenile adjudication were modified based on several probation violations, including unexcused school absences, curfew violations, failure to spend the night at home, and violating the driver licensing law. Tran argues that under RCW 13.40.070(3), the State could not file both a motion to modify community supervision and an information charging him with a crime based on the same unlicensed driving incident. We…