Court Opinion

ID: 9852536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:32:29.343624+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:29.319189
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Kennedy, A.C. J.
(Concurring in the result) — Although I find the reasoning of the majority on the ER 609(a)(1) issue to be persuasive, unless and until our Supreme Court overrules its holding in State v. Thompson, 95 Wn.2d 888, 892, 632 P.2d 50 (1981) that a trial judge is entitled to find a VUCSA conviction probative of credibility based on the narcotics-trafficker life style of secrecy and dissembling, I will not be inclined to reverse a trial judge who does so. Although the trial court did not rely on Thompson, the case provides a basis for affirming that I find impossible to ignore.
Review denied at 130 Wn.2d 1024 (1997).