State v. Greathouse

— Michael Greathouse was convicted by a jury of 14 counts of theft, 14 counts of trafficking in stolen *895property, and 1 count of evading a special fuel tax. The State concedes, and we agree, that the convictions for trafficking in stolen property must be reversed because the Criminal Profiteering Act, chapter 9A.82 RCW, enacted in 1985, included a 10-year termination provision and the Legislature’s attempt to repeal the termination provision was void on constitutional grounds; thus, Greathouse was charged and convicted of a crime that did not exist. But we reject Greathouse’s contentions that…