State Of Washington, V Anthony J. Garay

CourtCourt of Appeals of Washington
DecidedFebruary 6, 2019
Docket50293-3
StatusUnpublished

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Opinion

Filed Washington State Court of Appeals Division Two

February 6, 2019 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

DIVISION II STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 50293-3-II

Respondent, UNPUBLISHED OPINION v.

ANTHONY GARAY,

Appellant.

BJORGEN, J.P.T.1 — Anthony Garay appeals from convictions of one count of third

degree theft, one count of residential burglary, one count of second degree burglary, and two

counts of first degree trafficking in stolen property.

He argues that (1) the State presented insufficient evidence of theft, residential burglary,

and second degree burglary, (2) the convictions for first degree trafficking in stolen property and

third degree theft are barred by double jeopardy, (3) the information was deficient because it

failed to allege specific facts regarding third degree theft and first degree trafficking in stolen

property, and (4) the trial court improperly calculated his offender score because the State failed

to prove his prior convictions. Garay also contends that imposition of the criminal filing fee and

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) fee on him conflicts with State v. Ramirez, 191 Wn.2d 732, 426

P.3d 714 (2018), and Laws of 2018, chapter 269.

1Judge Thomas R. Bjorgen is serving as a judge pro tempore of the Court of Appeals pursuant to RCW 2.06.150. No. 50293-3-II

We affirm Garay’s convictions for residential burglary and first degree trafficking in

stolen property, reverse his convictions for third degree theft and second degree burglary, and

remand for resentencing consistent with this opinion.

FACTS

After going to bed on May 7, 2014, sometime between 10:30 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., Jeri

Dalgleish woke up the next morning between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. to discover that her house

had been burglarized. The missing items included her laptop computer, several video games, a

Nook e-reader, backpacks, a blanket with the Eiffel Tower printed on it, and three limited edition

commemorative Seattle Seahawk bottles of Maker’s Mark bourbon.

Around 3:00 a.m. that same morning, a Craigslist advertisement for three

commemorative Seahawks bottles of Maker’s Mark was posted using Garay’s phone number and

listing “Anthony” as the contact person. Verbatim Report of Proceedings (VRP) (Vol. II) at 294-

98. A few days later, Garay sold the Seahawks bottles to a pawnshop and signed a receipt

declaring that he was the sole owner of the items and was selling them “free of any indebtedness

or claim of any kind.” VRP (Vol. III) at 401-05.

On June 11, Jason Gilliam noticed that his children’s bicycles were out of place inside his

garage. A few days later, he learned that his children were not responsible for their bikes being

out of place. Gilliam returned to the garage to discover that he was missing several Dewalt

power tools. On June 14, Garay pawned those tools at the same pawnshop where he had sold the

Seahawk bottles, leaving a signed receipt warranting that the property was not stolen and that he

had the right to sell the property. On June 15, Gilliam called the police to report his missing

tools. Gilliam did not know exactly when the burglary took place.

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Garay lived within three blocks of both Dalgleish and Gilliam, but there was no evidence

of his whereabouts on the dates of the burglaries. There was no fingerprint or forensic evidence,

surveillance footage, or eyewitness testimony that Garay was in the area when the burglaries

occurred.

On June 25, police executed a search warrant for Garay’s home, where he claimed to live

alone. There they found one of Dalgleish’s backpacks and a blanket, but none of the other

missing items. When questioned, Garay stated that he had not pawned anything recently and

claimed that he owned the blanket, but could not remember where, from whom, or for how much

he had bought it. The blanket and backpack, along with all the stolen items found at the

pawnshop, were returned to Dalgleish and Gilliam. The pawnshop never recovered the money it

paid Garay for those items.

The police arrested Garay, and he was charged with residential burglary, two counts of

first degree trafficking in stolen property, second degree burglary, third degree theft, and bail

jumping. Rather than charge Garay with third degree theft from Dalgleish’s home or Gilliam’s

garage, the State alleged he had committed theft from the pawnshop on the basis that he sold

stolen items to the pawnshop and the owner never recouped the money it paid him. The State

also charged Garay with residential burglary for items taken from Dalgleish’s home and second

degree burglary for items taken from Gilliam’s garage. Although the State initially charged

Garay with two counts of first degree trafficking in stolen property and specified the items

relating to the charges, (“commemorative bottles,” “tools,” etc.), the State later amended the

charges without specifying which items he trafficked. Clerk’s Papers (CP) at 12-13. Garay

never requested a bill of particulars with regard to any charges in the amended information.

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Garay’s first trial ended in a mistrial. Garay was tried a second time on the same charges,

and the jury found him guilty of all charges.

In addition to this case, Garay separately pled guilty to one count of eluding in another

case pending sentencing. The trial court sentenced Garay on both cases at the same hearing.

The court set the sentence in the other case to run concurrently with the sentence in the present

appeal, and Garay agreed with the State’s offender score calculation in the other case. The two

cases have the same criminal history, but the case that went to trial in this matter involved

multipliers due to the burglary convictions.

During sentencing, the State argued that Garay’s offender score was 11 for the burglary

charges and 9 for the other charges, due to alleged prior convictions. As evidence of criminal

history, the State provided only a signed prosecutor’s statement listing the prior convictions,

along with their dates and case numbers. Garay agreed that the State’s scores were correct, but

noted that the corresponding criminal history information had not been updated. The only

offender scoring form entered into the record was that of the trial judge. Garay did not object to

his offender score of 11 for the residential burglary conviction and 9 for the other felonies and

signed the judgment and sentence with those scores and sentencing ranges. The trial court

ultimately sentenced Garay to 74 months on the residential burglary conviction, 74 months for

each count of first degree trafficking in stolen property, 51 months for second degree burglary,

364 days for third degree theft, and 60 months for bail jumping. The court ordered all his

sentences to run concurrently, for a total period of confinement of 74 months.

In addition to other matters, the sentencing court imposed the criminal filing fee and

DNA collection fee on Garay. The court also found Garay indigent at the end of trial.

Garay appeals.

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ANALYSIS

I. SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

Garay argues that the State presented insufficient evidence of third degree theft,

residential burglary, and second degree burglary. We agree with Garay and hold that the State

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