Court Opinion

ID: 9898145
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:28:45.81321+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:15:18.013684
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

STATE OF WASHINGTON,
                                               No. 84746-5-I
                    Respondent,
                                               DIVISION ONE
              v.
                                               UNPUBLISHED OPINION
PAUL ANTHONY MURRAY,

                    Appellant.

      PER CURIAM — Paul Anthony Murray filed an appeal challenging the

imposition of a $500 Victim Penalty Assessment (VPA) as part of his judgment and

sentence. When Murray was sentenced in 2022, the VPA was a mandatory

condition of all sentences. Former RCW 7.68.035 (2018). 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, ___ Wn.

App. 2d ___, 530 P.3d 1048, 1055 (2023). The State does not dispute that Murray

is indigent and concedes that this matter should be remanded to strike the VPA

from Murray’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. 22-1-06948-8.
No. 84675-2-I/2

                  FOR THE COURT:

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