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Washington Supreme Court: Nonexceptional Consecutive Terms of ‘Community Custody’ May Not Exceed Aggregate Term of 24 Months

Loaded on May 15, 2024 by Sam Rutherford published in Criminal Legal News May, 2024, page 20
Filed under: Parole, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences, Multiple Sentences, Aggregate Sentence. Location: Washington.

by Sam Rutherford

TheSupreme Court of Washington held that the terms “community custody” and “community supervision” are synonymous within the meaning of the second sentence of RCW 9.94A.589(5) for offenses that occurred after July 1, 2000, and that trial courts may not impose consecutive terms of community custody that exceed ...

 

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