State v. Johnson

Mark Anthony Johnson seeks accelerated review of the sentence imposed following his plea of guilty to two counts of second degree burglary. He has also filed a personal restraint petition challenging three prior convictions. The two proceedings have been consolidated for consideration.

Johnson's sentence to two terms of 45 months to run concurrently was based, in part, on his prior convictions, which resulted in an offender score of 8. He argues that his 1972 burglary conviction and his 1975 robbery conviction should not have been used in calculating the offender score because, in a 1981…