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                                                     SENATE BILL 6115

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1994 Regular Session

 

By Senators Nelson, A. Smith, Oke, Prince, Amondson, Deccio, Sellar, Roach, Hochstatter, Schow, Haugen, Quigley, West, Morton, M. Rasmussen, Winsley, McDonald, Anderson, McCaslin and Moyer

 

Read first time 01/12/94.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

 

Increasing penalties for offenses committed with deadly weapons.



          AN ACT Relating to offenses committed with deadly weapons; amending RCW 9.94A.310; reenacting and amending RCW 9.41.010; adding a new section to chapter 13.40 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

        Sec. 1.  RCW 9.41.010 and 1992 c 205 s 117 and 1992 c 145 s 5 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

          (1) "Short firearm" or "pistol" as used in this chapter means any firearm with a barrel less than twelve inches in length.

          (2) "Crime of violence" as used in this chapter means:

          (a) Any of the following felonies, as now existing or hereafter amended:  Any felony defined under any law as a class A felony or an attempt to commit a class A felony, criminal solicitation of or criminal conspiracy to commit a class A felony, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, reckless endangerment in the first degree, indecent liberties if committed by forcible compulsion, rape in the second degree, kidnapping in the second degree, arson in the second degree, assault in the second degree, assault of a child in the second degree, extortion in the first degree, residential burglary, burglary in the second degree, and robbery in the second degree;

          (b) Any conviction or adjudication for a felony offense in effect at any time prior to July 1, 1976, which is comparable to a felony classified as a crime of violence in subsection (2)(a) of this section; and

          (c) Any federal or out-of-state conviction or adjudication for an offense comparable to a felony classified as a crime of violence under subsection (2) (a) or (b) of this section.

          (3) "Firearm" as used in this chapter means a weapon or device from which a projectile may be fired by an explosive such as gunpowder.

          (4) "Commercial seller" as used in this chapter means a person who has a federal firearms license.

 

        Sec. 2.  RCW 9.94A.310 and 1992 c 145 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

         

 

(1)                                                                        TABLE 1

 

                                                                        Sentencing Grid

 

              SERIOUSNESS

SCORE                                                             OFFENDER SCORE

                                                                                                                                              9 or

              0             1             2             3             4             5             6             7             8             more

                                                                                                                                                                     

XV          Life Sentence without Parole/Death Penalty

                                                                                                                                                                     

XIV        23y4m      24y4m      25y4m      26y4m      27y4m      28y4m      30y4m      32y10m    36y         40y

              240-         250-         261-         271-         281-         291-         312-         338-         370-         411-

              320          333          347          361          374          388          416          450          493          548

                                                                                                                                                                     

XIII        12y          13y          14y          15y          16y          17y          19y          21y          25y          29y

              123-         134-         144-         154-         165-         175-         195-         216-         257-         298-

              164          178          192          205          219          233          260          288          342          397

                                                                                                                                                                     

XII         9y           9y11m      10y9m      11y8m      12y6m      13y5m      15y9m      17y3m      20y3m      23y3m

              93-          102-         111-         120-         129-         138-         162-         178-         209-         240-

              123          136          147          160          171          184          216          236          277          318

                                                                                                                                                                     

XI           7y6m       8y4m       9y2m       9y11m      10y9m      11y7m      14y2m      15y5m      17y11m    20y5m

              78-          86-          95-          102-         111-         120-         146-         159-         185-         210-

              102          114          125          136          147          158          194          211          245          280

                                                                                                                                                                     

X            5y           5y6m       6y           6y6m       7y           7y6m       9y6m       10y6m      12y6m      14y6m

              51-          57-          62-          67-          72-          77-          98-          108-         129-         149-

              68           75           82           89           96           102          130          144          171          198

                                                                                                                                                                     

IX           3y           3y6m       4y           4y6m       5y           5y6m       7y6m       8y6m       10y6m      12y6m

              31-          36-          41-          46-          51-          57-          77-          87-          108-         129-

              41           48           54           61           68           75           102          116          144          171

                                                                                                                                                                     

VIII        2y           2y6m       3y           3y6m       4y           4y6m       6y6m       7y6m       8y6m       10y6m

              21-          26-          31-          36-          41-          46-          67-          77-          87-          108-

              27           34           41           48           54           61           89           102          116          144

                                                                                                                                                                     

VII          18m         2y           2y6m       3y           3y6m       4y           5y6m       6y6m       7y6m       8y6m

              15-          21-          26-          31-          36-          41-          57-          67-          77-          87-

              20           27           34           41           48           54           75           89           102          116

                                                                                                                                                                     

VI           13m         18m         2y           2y6m       3y           3y6m       4y6m       5y6m       6y6m       7y6m

              12+-         15-          21-          26-          31-          36-          46-          57-          67-          77-

              14           20           27           34           41           48           61           75           89           102

                                                                                                                                                                     

V            9m          13m         15m         18m         2y2m       3y2m       4y           5y           6y           7y

              6-            12+-         13-          15-          22-          33-          41-          51-          62-          72-

              12           14           17           20           29           43           54           68           82           96

                                                                                                                                                                     

IV           6m          9m          13m         15m         18m         2y2m       3y2m       4y2m       5y2m       6y2m

              3-            6-            12+-         13-          15-          22-          33-          43-          53-          63-

              9             12           14           17           20           29           43           57           70           84

                                                                                                                                                                     

III           2m          5m          8m          11m         14m         20m         2y2m       3y2m       4y2m       5y

              1-            3-            4-            9-            12+-         17-          22-          33-          43-          51-

              3             8             12           12           16           22           29           43           57           68

                                                                                                                                                                     

II                          4m          6m          8m          13m         16m         20m         2y2m       3y2m       4y2m

              0-90         2-            3-            4-            12+-         14-          17-          22-          33-          43-

              Days        6             9             12           14           18           22           29           43           57

                                                                                                                                                                     

I                                         3m          4m          5m          8m          13m         16m         20m         2y2m

              0-60         0-90         2-            2-            3-            4-            12+-         14-          17-          22-

              Days        Days        5             6             8             12           14           18           22           29

                                                                                                                                                                     

 

NOTE:  Numbers in the first horizontal row of each serious­ness category represent sentencing midpoints in years(y) and months(m).  Numbers in the second and third rows represent presumptive sentencing ranges in months, or in days if so designated.  12+ equals one year and one day.

            (2) For persons convicted of the anticipatory offenses of criminal attempt, solicitation, or conspiracy under chapter 9A.28 RCW, the presumptive sentence is determined by locating the sentencing grid sentence range defined by the appropriate offender score and the seriousness level of the completed crime, and multiplying the range by 75 percent.

            (3) For any felony committed while the offender or an accomplice was armed with a firearm as defined in RCW 9.41.010, thirty-six months shall be added to the presumptive sentence.  The following additional times shall be added to the presumptive sentence if the offender or an accomplice was armed with a deadly weapon as defined in this chapter other than a firearm and the offender is being sentenced for one of the crimes listed in this subsection.  If the offender or an accomplice was armed with a deadly weapon other than a firearm and the offender is being sentenced for an anticipatory offense under chapter 9A.28 RCW to commit one of the crimes listed in this subsection, the following times shall be added to the presumptive range determined under subsection (2) of this section:

            (a) 24 months for Rape 1 (RCW 9A.44.040), Robbery 1 (RCW 9A.56.­200), or Kidnapping 1 (RCW 9A.40.020)

            (b) 18 months for Burglary 1 (RCW 9A.52.020) or Residential Burglary (RCW 9A.52.025)

            (c) 12 months for Assault 2 (RCW 9A.36.020 or 9A.36.021), Assault of a Child 2 (RCW 9A.36.130), Reckless Endangerment 1 (RCW 9A.36.045), Escape 1 (RCW 9A.76.110), Kidnapping 2 (RCW 9A.40.030), Burglary 2 of a building other than a dwelling (RCW 9A.52.030), Theft of Livestock 1 or 2 (RCW 9A.56.080), or any drug offense.

            (4) The following additional times shall be added to the presumptive sentence if the offender or an accomplice committed the offense while in a county jail or state correc­tional facility as that term is defined in this chapter and the offender is being sentenced for one of the crimes listed in this subsection.  If the offender or an accomplice committed one of the crimes listed in this subsection while in a county jail or state correctional facility as that term is defined in this chapter, and the offender is being sentenced for an anticipa­tory offense under chapter 9A.28 RCW to commit one of the crimes listed in this subsection, the following times shall be added to the presumptive sentence range determined under subsection (2) of this section:

            (a) Eighteen months for offenses committed under RCW 69.50.401(a)­(1)(i) or 69.50.410;

            (b) Fifteen months for offenses committed under RCW 69.50.401(a)(1)(ii), (iii), and (iv);

            (c) Twelve months for offenses committed under RCW 69.50.401(d).

            For the purposes of this subsection, all of the real property of a state correctional facility or county jail shall be deemed to be part of that facility or county jail.

            (5) An additional twenty-four months shall be added to the presumptive sentence for any ranked offense involving a violation of chapter 69.50 RCW if the offense was also a violation of RCW 69.50.435.

 

            NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 13.40 RCW to read as follows:

            For any disposition under this chapter the following times shall be added for any respondent who committed the offense while armed with a deadly weapon as defined in chapter 9.94A RCW:

            (1) Twenty-six weeks for A, A-, or A+ offenses;

            (2) Sixteen weeks for B or B+ offenses; and

            (3) Twelve weeks for C+ or C offenses.

 


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