Court Opinion

ID: 9901065
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-20 22:12:47.418417+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:25.472655
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
                         DIVISION ONE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
                                             No. 85091-1-I
                   Respondent.
                                             DIVISION ONE
v.
                                             UNPUBLISHED OPINION
TERREZ TYLER,

                   Appellant.

      PER CURIAM — Terrez Tyler filed an appeal challenging the imposition of a $500

Victim Penalty Assessment (VPA) as part of his judgment and sentence. In 2023, the

legislature added a subsection to RCW 7.68.035 that prohibits courts from imposing the

VPA on indigent defendants as defined in RCW 10.01.160(3). State v. Ellis, 27 Wn.

App. 2d 1, 11, 530 P.3d 1048 (2023). The State does not dispute that Tyler is indigent

and concedes that this matter should be remanded to strike the VPA from Tyler’s

judgment and sentence.

      We accept the State’s concession and remand to the superior court to strike the

VPA provision from the judgment and sentence entered in King County Superior Court

Cause No. 23-1-00517-8.
No. 85091-1-I/2

                  FOR THE COURT:

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