State Of Washington v. Scott Miller

Court of Appeals of Washington·Decided April 29, 2019·No. 77334-8·Unpublished

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION ONE

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 77334-8-1 Respondent,

V. UNPUBLISHED OPINION MILLER, SCOTT CARY, Appellant. FILED: April 29, 2019 SCHINDLER, J. — The State charged Scott Cary Miller with child molestation in the first degree and rape of a child in the first degree. Following a stipulated trial, the court found Miller guilty as charged. Miller submitted a sexual deviancy evaluation in support of his request for a special sex offender sentencing alternative (SSOSA). The court agreed to impose a SSOSA and suspended 77 months on child molestation in the first degree and 119 months on rape of a child in the first degree. Miller appeals the decision to revoke the SSOSA and challenges a number of community custody conditions. We affirm the decision to revoke the SSOSA. We affirm imposition of community custody conditions 11, 13, and 14 but remand to strike condition 8 and to strike or clarify conditions 6 and 15.

FACTS

In 2012, 15-year-old R.M. told a high school counselor that her father Scott Cary Miller "raped her when she was five years old." The counselor reported the sexual

assault to the police. R.M. told Everett Police Officer Karen Kowlachyk that when she was "about 4 1/2 to 5" years old, Miller "would make her touch his penis." R.M. said Miller put her on his bed and "told her to grab his penis" and "rub her hand up and down." R.M. described "three or four other incidents" of sexual contact with Miller. R.M. said they were "in the bedroom""three different times" and "one time on the couch in the living room." R.M. said on one occasion, Miller "put her mouth on his penis" and told her to "lick his penis . . . 'Mike a lollipop.'" In a written statement, R.M. said that one time, Miller "brought a video and told me to do what the lady did" on the video.

Officer Kowlachyk interviewed Miller. Miller told Officer Kowlachyk he "wasn't going to deny the 'touching penis thing.'" Miller admitted, "[I]t happened . . . maybe 'two or three times.'" Miller "remember[ed] the time on the couch and the 'mouth part'"and "recalled one or two other times in the bedroom where he had her touch him." Miller said, "During that time, he was drinking a lot" and that he was "'horny and frisky'"and took "advantage of an opportunity." Miller said he "made a conscious decision to stop" because "it had gone too far."

The State charged Miller with child molestation in the first degree and rape of a child in the first degree of R.M. Miller stipulated to a bench trial. On December 9, 2013, the court found Miller guilty as charged and entered findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Before sentencing, certified sex offender treatment provider Norman Glassman conducted a sexual deviancy evaluation of Miller. Miller told Glassman he was an alcoholic and he was "frequently drunk" and "using marijuana at the time he was abusing his daughter." Miller said that he "subscribed to an [I]nternet pornographic

website" and he "watched X-rated videos as recently as several weeks before the evaluation."

Glassman recommended the court impose a special sex offender sentencing alternative(SSOSA)and Miller obtain a substance abuse evaluation. Glassman concluded, "Mr. Miller is an opportunistic offender and has not re-offended in many years." Glassman said Miller's "issues can be addressed in treatment." Glassman recommended Miller follow all SSOSA conditions and after a substance abuse evaluation, all treatment recommendations. Glassman specifically recommended that Miller "enter and complete a weekly comprehensive sexual deviancy treatment program"; "not use any alcohol or illegal drugs during the entire treatment period"; "not buy or have in his possession any pornographic materials," including "computer and/or [I]nternet generated pornography"; "have [I]nternet access only with permission of his CCO[1] and therapist"; and "not date women who have minor children or form relationships with families who have minor children."

At the sentencing hearing on December 9, 2013, the court agreed to impose a SSOSA. The court sentenced Miller to 89 months for molestation of a child in the first degree, count 1; and 131 months for rape of a child in the first degree, count 2. The court suspended 77 months as to count 1 and 119 months on count 2. The court ordered Miller to serve 12 months and imposed a term of community custody for life.

The judgment and sentence states Miller shall undergo sex offender treatment for three years. The court imposed a number of conditions. But the court did not impose any conditions related to use of computers or the Internet.

1 Community corrections officer.

After his release from jail, Miller began sex offender treatment with certified treatment provider Randy Green. On January 15, 2016, Green sent a "Treatment Violation Report" to the CCO. Green states Miller "reported pornography use" that violated two provisions of the "Treatment Contract." The two provisions of the Treatment Contract that Miller violated state:

Item Number 7) No part of a client's life is considered "private" with respect to treatment. This includes issues, feelings, thoughts, relationships, behaviors, and activities. Clients are expected to bring up anything important which has come up since the last session and to discuss major life decisions or changes in advance of making such decisions or changes.

Item Number 16) Clients must not view or possess pornography and erotic material. This includes sexually explicit computer or Internet images, pornographic magazines (both "soft" and "hard" porn), pornographic books; X-rated movies and/or videos; the Playboy channel or other sexually explicit TV[2] programs; sexually suggestive or explicit telephone services; peepshows and "adult bookstores"; and anything else which is pornographic or sexually exploitative. Client must not masturbate while watching television or use non-pornographic materials for deviant purposes.

Green stated Miller's "access to pornography was prominent in his offending behavior, and his doing so now should be recognized as an increase factor in his risk for reoffense." Green stated Miller's "continued accessing pornography is made more troubling because of the elaborate denial and avoidance with which he concealed it." However, Green concluded that "[w]hile we are saddened by revelations that he has been accessing pornography all the while, we nonetheless resist a conclusion that the treatment violation is 'fatal' . . . and only informs the path forward." Green recommended Miller "be restricted from any kind of [I]nternet access for a minimum of

2 Television.

six months." On January 19, the CCO submitted a "Notice of Violation" that attached the Treatment Violation Report.

On February 5, 2016, the State filed a "Petition for Order Modifying Sentence/ Revoking Sentence/Confining Defendant" with the January 15 Treatment Violation Report and the January 19 Department of Corrections(DOC) Notice of Violation. The petition states Miller violated the conditions of his SSOSA by (1)"[flailing to abide by his Sex Offender Treatment contract by not being transparent about his issues, feelings[,] thoughts, relationships, behaviors, and activities" and (2)"[flailing to abide by his Sex Offender Treatment contract by viewing and possessing pornographic/erotic material."

At the hearing on March 7, 2016, Miller stipulated to the two violations of the SSOSA conditions. The court continued the hearing to determine whether to impose a sanction or revoke the SSOSA.

Green and the supervising CCO testified at the hearing on April 21, 2016. Green testified Miller's "risk to re-offend is low." Green said Miller "viewing pornography" is "a factor in his offending" but it does not "necessarily increase our assessment of his risk to re-offend." Green testified Miller "completed the assignments that I gave him relative to this violation . . . with the exception I think of getting [1]nternet monitoring software."

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