Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-12 16:16:41.514207+00
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                                                                                     Washington State
                                                                                     Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Division Two

                                                                                      March 12, 2024

    IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

                                       DIVISION II

 STATE OF WASHINGTON,                                             No. 57856-5-II

                              Respondent,

        v.

 BRANSON RAYMOND JAMES MCKEE,                               UNPUBLISHED OPINION

                              Appellant.

       LEE, J. — Branson R. J. McKee appeals his sentence for second degree criminal trespass,

arguing the $250 crime victim penalty assessment (CVPA) must be stricken from his judgment

and sentence. The State agrees that the CVPA should be stricken. We agree and remand to the

trial court to strike the CVPA from McKee’s judgment and sentence.

                                             FACTS

       McKee was found guilty of second degree criminal trespass, a misdemeanor. RCW

9A.52.080(2). At sentencing, the trial court found that McKee was indigent. As part of McKee’s

sentence, the trial court imposed a $250 CVPA.

       McKee appeals.

                                            ANALYSIS

       McKee argues that the CVPA should be stricken because the CVPA is no longer authorized

by statute. The State agrees the CVPA should be stricken. We agree and remand to the trial court

to strike the CVPA.
No. 57856-5-II

        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. Matamua, ___

Wn. App. 2d ___, 539 P.3d 28, 39 (2023).

        Because the CVPA is no longer authorized by statute, it should be stricken. Accordingly,

we remand to the trial court to strike the CVPA.

        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, J.

 Glasgow, C.J.

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