Legal Opinion

In re the Personal Restraint of VanDelft

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 30, 2006No. 77733-1PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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Bridge, J.

William VanDelft was convicted of six crimes arising from five incidents in which he initiated contact with different boys and propositioned them for sex, using varying degrees of threats or violence. In this personal restraint petition, his second, VanDelft argues that the trial court’s sentencing violated Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004), by requiring VanDelft’s sentence for kidnapping in the second degree with sexual motivation (count 1) to be served consecutively to his sentences for all other counts pursuant to RCW…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Washington v. RecuencoSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. State v. HughesWashington Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. People v. BlackCalifornia Supreme Court · 2007
  2. State v. AlvaradoWashington Supreme Court · 2008
  3. State v. AlvaradoWashington Supreme Court · 2008
  4. State v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
  5. State v. FloresWashington Supreme Court · 2008

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