State Of Washington v. Eugene Andrew Young & Claude Hutchinson

¶1 Claude Hutchinson moves to modify our commissioner’s ruling awarding appellate costs to the State after we affirmed Hutchinson’s convictions. He argues (1) that his challenge to appellate costs is timely raised in a motion to modify the commissioner’s ruling even absent an objection to the cost bill and (2) that we should decline to impose appellate costs. Despite his failure to object to the cost bill, we hold that Hutchinson’s motion to modify the cost bill warrants consideration under RAP 1.2(c). We grant his motion to modify and refer the matter to our court commissioner to determine…