Court Opinion

ID: 1041748
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2013-09-23 19:58:15.33067+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:38:04.082264
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN THE MATTER OF THE                               No. 69489-8-1
PERSONAL RESTRAINT OF:
                                                   DIVISION ONE
FERNANDO CHIRINOS,                                                                     CO
                                                   UNPUBLISHED OPINION
                      Petitioner.
                                                   FILED: SEP 2 3 2013

       PER CURIAM. Ferdinand Chirinos filed a personal restraint petition

challenging the judgment and sentence imposed following a jury trial for

residential burglary, first degree extortion, forgery, first degree kidnapping, second

degree escape and second degree attempted robbery in King County Superior

Court No. 09-1-03781-0 SEA. In an order dated June 18, 2013, this court

dismissed Chirinos's claims that: (1) the convictions for first degree extortion and

first degree kidnapping violate double jeopardy; (2) the evidence was insufficient

to convict him of first degree kidnapping; and (3) the State committed misconduct

by misstating the law regarding first degree kidnapping. The sole remaining issue

is Chirinos's claim that his offender score was miscalculated. The State concedes

that Chirinos's offender score is erroneous. We accept the State's concession

of error and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
No. 69489-8-1/2

         In the judgment and sentence, Chirinos's offender score is listed as "9+".

The State listed the following convictions and events in calculating the offender

score:

            •   two counts of forgery in King County Superior Court No. 07-1-
                07571-9
            •   second degree identity theft in King County Superior Court No. 08-
                1-07400-1
            •   second degree theft in King County Superior Court No. 08-1-02108-
                1
            •   possession of a stolen vehicle in King County Superior Court No.
                09-1-03717-1
            •   violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act (VUCSA) in
                Thurston County Superior Court No. 08-1-01218-6
            •   on community placement at the time of the instant offenses

         The State now concedes that Chirinos is entitled to resentencing because

his offender score should have been 8 for the residential burglary, forgery and

second degree escape convictions and 10 for the first degree extortion, first

degree kidnapping and attempted second degree robbery convictions. The State

bases this concession on a determination that: (1) Chirinos was not actually on

community custody at the time of the offenses; (2) the conviction for second

degree theft (a felony) was actually a conviction for attempted second degree theft

(a misdemeanor); (3) the VUCSA charge was dismissed; and (4) the two counts

of forgery should have been considered the same criminal conduct.

         The State's concession is well taken. The personal restraint petition is

accordingly granted and the case will be remanded for resentencing based on a

correct offender score.
No. 69489-8-1/3

                  For the court:

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