In re the Personal Restraint of Brooks

¶1 — In 2006, Jeffrey Brooks was convicted of three counts of first degree attempted robbery and was sentenced to 120 months of total confinement and 18-36 months of community custody. The statutory maximum sentence for attempted robbery, a class B felony, is 120 months. RCW 9A.20.021(1)(b). In 2007, Brooks filed a personal restraint petition (PRP) in the Court of Appeals arguing that the combination of confinement and community custody exceeded the statutory maximum and that his sentence was therefore invalid. The Court of Appeals denied the petition, and Brooks sought discretionary review…