Docket No. 74375-4 (from Court of Appeals Division I Case No. 51064-9) Facts: Petitioner Leslie Varga was convicted of second degree theft and attempting to elude a pursuing police vehicle. At sentencing, the trial judge took into account Varga’s “washed out” juvenile convictions in determining his offender score pursuant to the 2002 amendments to the Washington Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (§9.94A.525 and 9.94A.030). Continue reading
Category Archives: 2003 Arguments
Washington v. DeVincentis
Docket No. 72819-4 Facts: Petitioner Louis DeVincentis was convicted in the Superior Court for King County of rape and child molestation after evidence had been introduced at his trial of previous convictions in New York predicated upon substantially similar behavior that demonstrated a common scheme or plan. DeVincentis appealed his conviction to the Washington Court of Appeals, asserting that although his previous behavior was similar to the crime with which he had been charged, it was not unique or uncommon and therefore not admissible. Continue reading
Redmond v. Moore
Docket No. 72614-1 (from King Case No. CR 20447) Facts: Respondent Dean Moore’s driver’s license was automatically suspended pursuant to §46.20.289 and §46.20.324 after he failed to appear, pay, or comply with a citation for speeding. Moore was subsequently cited for driving with a suspended driver’s license, leading him to file a motion to dismiss the citation in district court. Continue reading