Court Opinion

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Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-05 14:25:11.745555+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:48:38.365765
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                                                                                       Washington State
                                                                                       Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Division Two

                                                                                      December 5, 2023

    IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

                                        DIVISION II
 STATE OF WASHINGTON,                                              No. 57364-4-II

                               Respondent,

        v.

 JESSE RAY LANDRUM,                                          UNPUBLISHED OPINION

                               Appellant.

       LEE, J. — Jesse R. Landrum appeals the $500 crime victim penalty assessment (CVPA)

imposed as part of his sentence following his conviction for custodial assault. Because the

legislature no longer authorizes the trial court to impose the CVPA against an indigent defendant,

we reverse and remand for the trial court to strike the CVPA.

                                             FACTS

       On September 14, 2022, a jury found Landrum guilty of custodial assault. The trial court

imposed a standard range sentence. The trial court also found Landrum indigent and imposed only

the $500 CVPA. Landrum appeals the imposition of the CVPA.

                                            ANALYSIS

       Effective July 1, 2023, the CVPA is no longer authorized for indigent defendants. LAWS

OF 2023, ch. 449 § 1; RCW 7.68.035(4). And changes to the legislation governing legal financial

obligations apply to cases on direct appeal when the change was enacted. State v. Ramirez, 191

Wn.2d 732, 749, 426 P.3d 714 (2018). Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to

strike the CVPA.
No. 57364-4-II

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

Washington Appellate Reports, but will be filed for public record in accordance with RCW 2.06.040,

it is so ordered.

                                                    Lee, J.
 We concur:

 Maxa, P.J.

 Veljacic, J.

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