111 Wash. App. 430 - State v. King’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “. Laws of 2000, ch 28 § 2. This amendment took effect on July 1, 2001. This court reviews the calculation of an offender score de novo. State v. Roche, 75 Wash.App. 500, 513 , 878 P.2d 497 (1994). Below, the State conceded that the statute in effect at the time of King's crime, March 3, 2000, excluded the failure to register as a sex offender from the definition of sex offense. The State argued that RCW 1.12.025 authorized the court to give effect to the intent of the legislature rather than apply the statute as written. RCW 1.12.025 provides:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. King

2. “(9) A person who knowingly fails to register... is guilty of a class C felony if the crime for which the individual was convicted was a felony sex offense ... (10) A person who knowingly fails to register... is guilty of a class C felony if the crime for which the individual was convicted was a felony kidnapping offense ..."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. King

3. “[a] felony that is a violation of chapter 9A.44 RCW other than * * *RCW 9A.44.130(11).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Albright