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1 STATE OF WASHINGTON 2017 WASHINGTON STATE adult sentencing guidelines manual WASHINGTON STATE Caseload Forecast Council STATE of WASHINGTON Caseload Forecast Council Derek Stanford, Chair WASHINGTON STATE Representative John Braun WASHINGTON STATE Senator Jeannie Darneille WASHINGTON STATE Senator David Schumacher, Vice Chair Director, Office of Financial Management Bruce Chandler WASHINGTON STATE Representative Cheryl Strange Secretary Department of Social and Health Services Council Staff Elaine Deschamps Executive Director Kathleen Turnbow Confidential Secretary Jennifer Jones Research Analyst Duc Luu Database and sentencing Administration Manager Ed Vukich Senior Caseload Forecaster Erik Cornellier Deputy Director Gongwei Chen Senior Caseload Forecaster Thuy Le Research Analyst Paula Moore Senior Caseload Forecaster Shidong Zhang Senior Caseload Forecaster ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Caseload Forecast Council acknowledges the work of Duc Luu, Jennifer Jones and Ed Vukich in updating, reviewing, proofing.

2 And offering language and formatting suggestions for revisions in the current manual . We also acknowledge The Honorable Ronald Kessler (Ret.) for providing the update for the sentencing Reform Act portion of the Criminal Caselaw Notebook . Electronic versions of the Criminal Caselaw Notebook may be obtained at no charge by e-mailing a request to The Council also appreciates the suggestions for improvements and additions to the manual received from users. We always welcome suggestions for making the manual easier to use. Copyright 2017 STATE of WASHINGTON Caseload Forecast Council All rights reserved. Portions of this document may be reproduced without permission for non-commercial purposes. TABLE OF CONTENTS DISCLAIMER.

3 21 USE OF THIS manual .. 23 INTRODUCTION .. 25 SECTION 1 FELONY OFFENSES AFFECTED BY 2017 SESSION LAW .. 29 SECTION 2 CASELAW RELATED TO THE sentencing REFORM ACT .. 49 Deadly Weapon/Firearm .. 51 Domestic Violence .. 51 Murder/Manslaughter .. 52 Persistent Offender .. 52 Probation and Parole, Community Custody .. 53 sentencing .. 53 SRA: Exceptional Sentences .. 54 SRA: Procedure .. 54 Sex Offenses .. 54 Vehicular Assault/Vehicular Homicide .. 55 VUCSA .. 55 SECTION 3 sentencing guidelines .. 57 Determining Felony Class .. 59 Felonies Defined in Title 9A RCW .. 59 Felonies Defined Outside Title 9A .. 59 Determining the Offense Seriousness Level .. 60 General Felony Crimes .. 60 Drug Crimes .. 60 Unranked Felony Crimes .. 60 Determining the Offender Score.

4 60 Criminal History Collection .. 60 Adult Criminal History .. 61 Juvenile Criminal History .. 61 "Wash Out" of Certain Prior Felonies .. 61 Federal, Out-of- STATE or Foreign Convictions .. 62 Scoring Criminal History .. 63 Scoring Multiple Current Convictions .. 63 Multiple Offense Scoring Steps:.. 64 viii 2017 WASHINGTON STATE adult sentencing guidelines manual , ver 20171201 Scoring Offender Status While on Community Custody .. 65 Determining the Standard Range Using the sentencing Grid .. 66 Anticipatory of Non-VUCSA Offenses (Attempts, Conspiracies, and Solicitations) .. 66 Criminal Attempt (RCW ) .. 67 Criminal Solicitation (RCW ) .. 67 Criminal Conspiracy (RCW ) .. 67 Anticipatory Offenses (RCW ) .. 68 Anticipatory of VUCSA Offenses (Attempts, Conspiracies, and Solicitations).

5 68 Delivery Definition (RCW (g)) .. 69 Criminal Conspiracy (RCW ).. 69 Criminal Solicitation (RCW ) .. 69 Second or Subsequent Offense (RCW ) .. 70 Terms of Confinement .. 70 Standard Range 70 Unranked Offenses .. 70 Persistent Offenders .. 70 Three Strikes .. 71 Two Strikes .. 71 Non-Persistent Sex Offenders (Determinate-Plus) .. 71 Exceptional Sentences .. 72 Mitigating Circumstances for Exceptional Sentences .. 72 Aggravating Circumstances for Exceptional Sentences .. 72 Consecutive and Concurrent 73 Offenses that Constitute Same Criminal Conduct .. 73 Multiple Serious Violent Offenses .. 73 Certain Firearm-Related Offenses .. 73 Felony DUI/Felony APC .. 73 Weapon Enhancements .. 74 Felony Committed While Offender was Under Sentence for Another Felony.

6 74 Felonies Committed While Offender was not Under Sentence for Another Felony .. 74 Probation Revocation .. 74 Serving Total Confinement with Consecutive Sentences .. 74 Limits on Earned Release .. 74 Review of Sentences .. 75 Violation of Community Custody Conditions .. 76 Arrest and Confinement (RCW ) .. 76 2017 WASHINGTON STATE adult sentencing guidelines manual , ver 20171201 ix Sanctions and Procedures (RCW ) .. 77 Sanctions Where Served (RCW ) .. 78 Sanctions Which Entity Imposes (RCW ) .. 78 Sanctions Modification of Sentence (RCW ) .. 79 DOC Structured Violation Process (RCW ) .. 80 Discharge and Vacation of Conviction Record .. 82 Discharge .. 82 Vacation of Conviction Record .. 83 Alternatives to Confinement .. 84 Alternative Conversions.

7 84 Work Crew .. 85 Home Detention .. 85 Restitution .. 87 Restitution in Cases involving Fraud or Deceptive Practice .. 88 Restitution in Cases involving a Fraudulent Filing of a Vehicle Report of Sale .. 88 Fines .. 88 Other Legal Financial Obligations .. 89 Contact with Individuals .. 90 SECTION 4 sentencing GRIDS AND FELONY OFFENSES .. 91 sentencing Grid D: For Crimes Committed After July 24, 1999 .. 93 sentencing Grid D: Anticipatories For Crimes Committed After July 24, 1999 .. 94 Offense Seriousness Levels For Standard Grid (RCW ) .. 95 Drug sentencing Grid B: For Sentences Imposed On or After July 1, 2013 (Effective Until July 1, 2018) .. 105 Drug sentencing Grid B: For Sentences Imposed On or After July 1, 2013 (Effective Until July 1, 2018) (Solicitations for Offenses Under Chapter RCW, Anticipatories for Offenses Not Under Chapter RCW).

8 105 Offense Seriousness Levels For Drug sentencing Grid (RCW ) .. 106 sentencing Grid C For Crimes Committed July 27, 1997, through July 24, 1999* .. 108 sentencing Grid B - For Crimes Committed July 1, 1990 through July 26, 1997* .. 109 sentencing Grid A - For Crimes Committed Before July 1, 1990* .. 110 Drug sentencing Grid A For Offenses Committed On or After July 1, 2003 and Sentenced Before July 1, 2013 .. 111 Serious Violent Offenses .. 112 Violent Offenses .. 113 Sex Offenses .. 115 Drug Offenses .. 117 x 2017 WASHINGTON STATE adult sentencing guidelines manual , ver 20171201 Most Serious Offenses (Persistent Offender or Three Strikes ) .. 119 Persistent Offender Offenses ( Two Strikes ) .. 122 Crime Against Persons Offenses .. 123 Pattern Of Criminal Street Gang Activity Offenses.

9 125 Offenses Requiring Sex Offender Registration .. 128 Nonviolent Offenses .. 132 Unranked Offenses .. 152 Mandatory Remand Offenses .. 164 Felony Index By Offense .. 166 Felony Index By Classification .. 189 Felony Index By RCW .. 211 SECTION 5 QUICK REFERENCE SHEET ..233 sentencing Alternatives .. 235 First-Time Offender Waiver (FTOW) (RCW ) .. 235 Offender Eligibility .. 235 sentencing .. 235 Community Custody .. 235 Parenting sentencing Alternative (RCW ) .. 235 Offender Eligibility .. 235 sentencing .. 236 Community Custody .. 237 Alternative to sentencing under RCW : Partial Confinement as Part of a Parenting Program .. 237 Conditions for partial confinement .. 238 Drug Offender sentencing Alternative (DOSA) (RCW ): Prison Based Option (RCW ) or Residential-Based Treatment Option (RCW ) 238 Offender Eligibility.

10 238 sentencing .. 239 Community Custody .. 239 Special Sex Offender sentencing Alternative (SSOSA) (RCW ) .. 240 Offender Eligibility .. 240 Suspended Sentence sentencing .. 241 Suspended sentencing Treatment .. 241 Suspended Sentence Community Custody .. 241 sentencing Enhancements .. 242 Felony Traffic Enhancements .. 242 2017 WASHINGTON STATE adult sentencing guidelines manual , ver 20171201 xi Vehicular Homicide While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Any Drug (RCW (7)) .. 242 Attempting to Elude a Police Vehicle (RCW (11)) .. 242 Minor Child (RCW (13)) .. 242 Firearm and Deadly Weapon Enhancements .. 243 Drug-Related Enhancements .. 243 Protected Zone (RCW (6)) .. 243 Presence of a Child (RCW (6)) .. 244 Correctional Facility (RCW (5)).