Docket No. 79432-4  Facts:  Respondent Yulanda Leach pleaded guilty to attempted assault of a child in the second degree, and was sentenced to 23.25 months confinement and between nine and 18 months community custody. The Department of Corrections petitioned for post-sentence review on the community custody component of the sentence, Continue reading →

Docket No. 78628-3  Facts;  Petitioner Douglas Tobin was convicted of illegally harvesting crab and geoduck in the Superior Court for Pierce County and was ordered to pay $1,735,596 in restitution to the state of Washington.  Tobin appealed the restitution order, asserting that the environmental, investigative, and administrative costs included in the restitution award were insufficiently related to his crimes.  The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed the restitution order. Continue reading →

Docket No. 79951-2  Facts:  Petitioner James Densley, a retired Pierce County prosecuting attorney enrolled in the Washington Public Employee Retirement System, requested retirement service credit for summer training exercises and weekend drills he participated in as a member of the Washington Army National Guard.  The respondent Department of Retirement Systems denied Densley’s request, ruling that Washington Revised Code §41.40.170(3), which grants public employees retirement service credit for military service, applies only to active military service. Continue reading →