IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON 

DIVISION THREE 

STATE OF WASHINGTON,

Respondent,

v.

MONTY RAY BOCKMAN,

Appellant.

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UNPUBLISHED OPINION

KORSMO, J.P.T.1 — Monty Bockman appeals from a conviction for possession of 

methamphetamine, challenging aspects of his judgment and sentence. We affirm the 

conviction and remand to correct the judgment. 

FACTS 

Although discussion of the underlying incident is unnecessary to resolution of the 

challenges presented by the appeal, Mr. Bockman also filed a statement of additional 

grounds (SAG) that suggests brief consideration of the facts is in order. The charge arose 

after a Kennewick Police Department Officer, Craig Hanson, arrested Mr. Bockman. A 

search incident to the arrest discovered two pipes in Mr. Bockman’s coat pocket.

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 Judge Kevin M. Korsmo was a member of the Court of Appeals at the time 

argument was held on this matter. He is now serving as a judge pro tempore of the court 

pursuant to RCW 2.06.150. 

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The parties stipulated to the facts of the arrest at a CrR 3.6 hearing and the court 

found the evidence admissible. A laboratory technician testified that her analysis

established that methamphetamine residue was present on the pipes. Officer Hanson and 

the technician were the sole witnesses at the brief jury trial. The jury found Mr. 

Bockman guilty as charged.

After the court imposed a low-end standard range sentence, Mr. Bockman timely 

appealed to this court. A panel heard the case without conducting argument.

ANALYSIS

The appeal raises two technical challenges to the judgment and sentence; the State 

concedes, properly, both challenges. The assessment of community supervision fees 

should be struck from the judgment and sentence. Likewise, that document should be 

corrected to indicate that the offense date was January 12, 2019, rather than the earlier 

date currently listed.

The SAG raises three factual challenges and one legal challenge. The factual 

challenges—that Officer Hanson allegedly is not a certified officer, that the forensic 

scientist was not a forensic scientist, and that a federal judge should preside over the 

trial—are not supported by the record. Any remedy for these alleged errors would have 

to come in a personal restraint petition that includes supporting evidence for the 

allegations as well as legal argument. State v. Norman, 61 Wn. App. 16, 27-28, 808 P.2d 

1159 (1991).
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The other SAG challenge alleges that the case was filed at the Benton County 

Justice Center in Kennewick instead of at the county courthouse in Prosser. Benton 

County is permitted to maintain clerk’s offices in both locations. Staples v. Benton 

County ex rel. Bd. of Com’rs., 151 Wn.2d 460, 89 P.3d 706 (2004). This claim is without 

merit.

The conviction is affirmed and the case remanded to make the noted corrections.

A majority of the panel has determined this opinion will not be printed in the 

Washington Appellate Reports, but it will be filed for public record pursuant to RCW 

2.06.040.

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Korsmo, J.P.T.

WE CONCUR:

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Lawrence-Berrey, J.

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Pennell, C.J.