Court Opinion

ID: 1042004
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-09-25 16:00:51.91464+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:52:38.235815
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FILED
                                                                                    COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                                   2013 SEP 24 AM
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      IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF W

                                           DIVISION II

STATE OF WASHINGTON,                              I                No. 437'

                                Respondent,

        V.

JOSHUA M.WILSON,                                  I          UNPUBLISHED OPINION

         PENOYAR, J. — Joshua Michael Wilson appeals his felony conviction for failing to

register as a sex offender. The State concedes that when the trial court convicted Wilson, it erred

by finding that Wilson had a previous Oregon conviction that was "comparable"to a felony level

sex   offense in   Washington. Accepting the State's concession, we vacate Wilson's conviction

and remand to the trial court to enter a judgment and sentence for the misdemeanor level of the

failure to register offense.

         Under RCW 9A. 4. a person has a duty to register under RCW 9A. 4.for a
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sex offense other than a felony, and knowingly fails to comply, failure to register is a gross

misdemeanor.       Wilson was convicted in 2003 of contributing to the sexual delinquency of a

minor. In    Oregon this crime is   a   misdemeanor.   The State concedes that the Oregon records

provided at trial here are insufficient to show that the Oregon offense would have been a felony

in Washington.
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       We accept the State's concession and vacate Wilson's sentence and remand to the trial

court for resentencing.

       A majority of the panel having determined that this opinion will.not be'rinted in the
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Washington Appellate Reports, but will be filed for public record in accordance with RCW

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2.6.it is so ordered.
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We concur:

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       Maxa, J.

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