47 Wash. App. 729 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1987
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3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 99 Wash. 2d 373 - Diamond v. Cross · 100 Wash. 2d 832 - Dunner v. McLaughlin · 92 Wash. 2d 474 - State v. Burke · 102 Wash. 2d 300 - State v. Martin · 101 Wash. 2d 490 - In Re the Personal Restraint of Piercy
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“Where a disposition is imposed on a youth for two or more offenses, the terms shall run consecutively, subject to the following limitations: (2) The aggregate of all consecutive terms shall not exceed three hundred percent of the term imposed for the most serious offense; . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“After reading the whole statute, it is clear that the term "disposition" is not ambiguous and that it refers to a disposition order and not a disposition hearing. We come to this conclusion primarily because the statute does not require the State or the court to consolidate into a single disposition hearing different informations pending against the same youth. It is undisputed, therefore, that separate disposition hearings could have been held to sentence Brown on each information. Thus, if we accepted Brown's argument and held that the 300 percent rule applied to a disposition hearing, the State would nevertheless be entitled to avoid the effect of our decision merely by the scheduling of disposition hearings. Because the statute as a whole indicates that Brown's construction of the term "disposition" leads to absurd results, we conclude that the term refers to a disposition order. See State v. Burke, 92 Wn.2d 474, 478 , 598 P.2d 395 (1979); [State v. Garrison, 46 Wn. App. 52, 56 , 728 P.2d 1102 (1986)].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“to mean the actual term imposed by the judge. Based on such a reading of the statute, the sentence Anderson received exceeded the maximum allowed under the 300 percent rule by 17 days. The State maintains that the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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