Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-06-05 16:56:20.942009+00
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                                                                                           Washington State
                                                                                           Court of Appeals
                                                                                            Division Two

                                                                                              June 5, 2018

       IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

                                              DIVISION II
    In the Matter of the                                               No. 51181-9-II
    Personal Restraint Petition of

    PAUL GERARD TILLMAN,

                                     Petitioner.
                                                                UNPUBLISHED OPINION

          MAXA, C.J. — Paul Tillman seeks relief from personal restraint resulting from his 2016

plea of guilty to two counts of first degree rape of a child.1 We grant the petition in part and deny

the remainder.

          First, Tillman argues that the trial court erred in imposing the following community custody

conditions because they are unconstitutionally overbroad, vague, or not crime related:

          5.      Inform the supervising [community corrections officer (CCO)] and sexual
                  deviancy treatment provider of any dating relationship. Disclose sex
                  offender status prior to any sexual contact. Sexual contact in a relationship
                  is prohibited until the treatment provider approves of such.
          ....
          9.      Do not enter sex-related businesses, including: x-rated movies, adult
                  bookstores, strip clubs, and any location where the primary source of
                  business is related to sexually explicit material.
          10.     Do not possess, use, access or view any sexually explicit material as defined
                  by RCW 9.68.130 or erotic materials as defined by RCW 9.68.050 or any
                  material depicting any person engaged in sexually explicit conduct as
                  defined by RCW 9.68A.0l1(4) unless given prior approval by your sexual
                  deviancy provider.
          ....

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 The trial court entered Tillman’s judgment and sentence on August 26, 2016, making his August
24, 2017 petition timely filed. RCW 10.73.090(3)(a).
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       23.       . . . No internet access or use, including email, without the prior approval of
                 the supervising CCO.
       24.       . . . No use of a computer, phone, or computer-related device with access to
                 the Internet or on-line computer service except as necessary for employment
                 purposes (including job searches).

Personal Restraint Pet, Attach. D, App. H at 1-2.

       The first two sentences of condition 5 are neither unconstitutionally vague nor subject to

arbitrary enforcement. State v. Norris, 1 Wn. App. 2d 87, 95, 404 P.3d 83 (2017), review granted,

190 Wn.2d 1002 (2018). These provisions also are related to Tillman’s crimes, as they arose in

the sexual abuse of a family member. Therefore, the first two sentences of condition 5 are

permissible. State v. Magana, 197 Wn. App. 189, 201, 389 P.3d 654 (2016).

       However, the third sentence, precluding sexual contact until the treatment provider

approves, is not crime related and is overbroad. Therefore, that provision must be stricken.

       Condition 9 must be stricken because the State does not identify any evidence in the record

that frequenting sex-related businesses is reasonably related to Tillman’s crimes. Norris, 1 Wn.

App. 2d at 98.

       Condition 10 is reasonably related to the sexual deviancy treatment that Tillman must undergo

during his community custody and so is permissible. Magana, 197 Wn. App. at 201.

       The State concedes that conditions 23 and 24 must be stricken as not being crime related.

State v. O’Cain, 144 Wn. App. 772, 775, 184 P.3d 1262 (2008). Accordingly, conditions 9, 23, and

24 must be stricken.

       Second, Tillman argues that the sentencing judge violated the doctrine of appearance of

fairness when he referred to other sex cases in which he had imposed sentence earlier in the day.

But Tillman does not present any evidence that the sentencing judge was actually or potentially

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biased against him, and so does not show a violation of the appearance of fairness doctrine. State

v. Chamberlin, 161 Wn.2d 30, 37, 162 P.3d 389 (2007). The community custody conditions that

Tillman challenged above were parts of a standard set of conditions that the Pierce County Superior

Court was using at the time of his sentencing and so do not demonstrate any bias against Tillman.

        Third, Tillman argues that the trial court erred in imposing legal financial obligations

(LFOs) against him without performing the individualized inquiry in his ability to pay them

required by State v. Blazina, 182 Wn.2d 827, 344 P.3d 680 (2015). But the trial court imposed

only mandatory LFOs, to which Blazina does not apply. State v. Mathers, 193 Wn. App. 913, 928-

29, 376 P.3d 1163, review denied, 186 Wn.2d 1015 (2016).

        We grant Tillman’s petition in part and remand to the trial court to strike the third sentence

of condition 5 and conditions 9, 23, and 24 from the judgment and sentence. We deny the

remainder of the petition.

        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.

                                                      MAXA, C.J.
 We concur:

 BJORGEN, J.

 SUTTON, J.

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