Court Opinion

ID: 9908877
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-11 22:12:31.069836+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:49:34.385055
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
                        DIVISION ONE

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
                                                 No. 84963-8-I
                     Respondent.
                                                 DIVISION ONE
              v.
                                                 UNPUBLISHED OPINION
G.C.,

                     Appellant.

        PER CURIAM — G.C. filed an appeal challenging the imposition of a $100 Victim

Penalty Assessment (VPA) as part of his disposition order. While G.C.’s appeal was

pending, the legislature amended the applicable statute and withdrew the juvenile

court’s authority to require juveniles to pay any legal financial obligations apart from

restitution. See Former RCW 7.68.035(1)(b) (2018); Laws of 2023, ch 449 § 1. The

State concedes that although the statutory amendment did not take effect until after

G.C. was sentenced, it applies retroactively to G.C.’s case because the matter is

pending on direct appeal. See State v. Ellis, 27 Wn. App. 2d 1, 16, 530 P.3d 1048

(2023).

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

VPA provision from the disposition order entered in Snohomish County Superior Court

Cause No. 20-8-00501-31.
No. 84963-8-I/2

                  FOR THE COURT:

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