Opinion ID: 2565091
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Heading: STATE v. JONES

Text: ¶ 2 Darrell Jones was charged with one count of unlawful possession of cocaine in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, chapter 69.50 RCW. Following a jury trial, Jones was convicted. At his sentencing hearing, the trial court calculated Jones's offender score as 7 based upon his four prior adult felony convictions, four prior juvenile felony convictions, and because Jones was on community placement at the time he committed the present offense. Jones's Verbatim Report of Proceedings at 3 (Oct. 10, 2003). Jones disputed that he was on community placement, notwithstanding his admission that he reported to his community corrections officer (CCO) shortly before the current offense occurred. The sentencing judge concluded by a preponderance of the evidence that Jones was on community placement at the time he committed the crime of possession of cocaine. ¶ 3 Jones's standard range sentence, based on an offender score of 7, was 22 to 29 months in custody. Absent the community placement determination, Jones's standard range sentence would have been 17 to 22 months. The sentencing court ultimately imposed a drug offender sentencing alternative of 12.75 months of incarceration and 12.75 months of community custody. STATE v. THOMAS ¶ 4 Reginald Thomas was found guilty by a jury of assault in the second degree. At sentencing, the trial court judge calculated Thomas's offender score as 8 based upon his seven previous felony convictions and because he was on community placement at the time of the current assault offense. Thomas's Verbatim Report of Proceedings at 2 (Feb. 13, 2004). Thomas did not object to the sentencing court's calculation of his offender score. [4] ¶ 5 Based upon the offender score of 8, Thomas's standard range sentence was 53 to 70 months. Without the community placement determination, his standard range sentence would have been 43 to 57 months. The sentencing court imposed a sentence of 60 months of incarceration and 18 to 36 months of community custody. Clerk's Papers at 65, 67-68.