Court Opinion

ID: 4575843
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Date Created: 2020-10-12 20:14:36.472876+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:32:12.070644
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

 THE STATE OF WASHINGTON,                   )          No. 80953-9-I
                                            )
                       Respondent,          )          DIVISION ONE
                                            )
               v.                           )          UNPUBLISHED OPINION
                                            )
 AMBER KAY ELLIOTT,                         )
                                            )
                       Appellant.           )
                                            )

       PER CURIAM — Amber Elliott appeals the judgment and sentence

imposed following her conviction for first degree identity theft. She contends that

the trial court waived all discretionary legal financial obligations, but that the

judgment and sentence erroneously requires her to pay the costs of supervision

by the Department of Corrections. The State concedes that this condition should

be stricken because the sentencing court clearly intended to impose only

mandatory legal financial obligations. See State v. Dillon, 12 Wash. App. 2d 133,

152, 456 P.3d 1199 (2020) (striking DOC supervision fee where “[t]he record

demonstrate[d] that the trial court intended to impose only mandatory LFOs”).

Elliott also contends, and the State concedes, that the judgment and sentence

must specify that any funds subject to the Social Security Act's anti-attachment

statute, 42 U.S.C. § 407(a), may not be used to satisfy her legal financial

obligations.
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       We accept the State’s concessions, and remand to the trial court to strike

the supervision fee and amend the judgment to reflect that legal financial

obligations may not be satisfied from Elliott’s social security benefits.

                                                  FOR THE COURT:

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