Opinion ID: 2629610
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Heading: Quezada

Text: ¶ 2 Quezada was convicted of DUI in 2001. [2] In 2002, he was again arrested for DUI and later entered into a deferred prosecution on that charge. In 2005, Quezada was again charged with DUI, which he pleaded to the lesser charge of reckless driving. Based on the 2005 conviction, the municipal court revoked Quezada's 2003 deferred prosecution and sentenced him for the underlying offense. The court rejected the city of Seattle's argument that the 2005 conviction was a prior offense for purposes of sentencing for the 2002 offense. It found that Quezada had one prior offense and sentenced him to 120 days of electronic home monitoring. ¶ 3 On appeal, the superior court affirmed that Quezada had only one prior offense for purposes of sentencing for the deferred prosecution. [3] The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the 2005 conviction for reckless driving should have been considered a prior offense when Quezada was sentenced for the 2003 offense. City of Seattle v. Quezada, 142 Wash.App. 43, 52, 174 P.3d 129 (2007).