State Of Washington, V Spencer Lawrence Oberg

CourtCourt of Appeals of Washington
DecidedMay 6, 2014
Docket43472-5
StatusUnpublished

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Opinion

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2014 MAY - 6 AM 8: 28 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF Si 5 2 i0

DIVISION II BY TY STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 43472 -5 -II

Respondent,

v.

Consolidated with No. 43479 -2 -II, 43482 -2 -II SPENCER LAWRENCE OBERG, And

Appellant, No. 44900 -5 -II In re Personal Restraint Petition of

UNPUBLISHED OPINION SPENCER LAWRENCE OBERG,

Petitioner.

HUNT, J. — Spencer Lawrence Oberg appeals his sentences and a community custody

condition requiring him to undergo drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment related to three

guilty plea convictions. He argues that ( 1) the Pierce County Superior Court failed to make the

statutorily required finding that a chemical dependency contributed to his offenses and there was

no evidence that alcohol was a factor in the current offenses, prerequisites for the drug and

alcohol related community custody condition of his sentences; and ( 2) his total sentence for his

third degree assault conviction exceeds the 60 -month statutory maximum for that offense. In a

pro se Statement of Additional Grounds for Review' ( SAG), Oberg asserts that ( 1) the superior

court erred in imposing a consecutive sentence, in violation of a global plea agreement

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encompassing both. Pierce County' s and King County' s charges; ( 2) the State breached this

agreement by failing to advise the superior court that it was bound by the global plea agreement,

suggesting that his King County convictions for charges that were part of the global plea 2 agreement were " separate " offenses, failing to list the King County convictions as " other current 3 offenses " on the plea statements and the judgment and sentences, and misrepresenting the jail -

time credit to which Oberg was entitled under the global plea agreement; ( 3) the superior court

erred in not awarding him full crediffor his time served; and ( 4) his plea statements incorrectly 4 stated that he was ineligible for a Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative ( DOSA) sentence.

Finally, in a personal restraint petition ( PRP), which we consolidated with this direct appeal,

Oberg essentially repeats the claims he makes in his SAG.

The State concedes that Oberg' s third degree assault sentence exceeds the statutory

maximum for that offense and that remand for resentencing on this conviction is required; we

accept this partial concession. Because the record contains no evidence that alcohol was a factor

in Oberg' s convictions, we also hold that the superior court erred in imposing alcohol related

community custody conditions. Accordingly; we remand to the- superior court- to resentence

Oberg on the third degree assault conviction and to strike the alcohol related community custody

conditions in the judgments and sentences for cause numbers 10 -1- 03778 -2 and 11 - 1- 02533 -2.

2SAGat2.

3 SAG at 2.

4 RCW 9. 94A.660( 1).

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We otherwise affirm Oberg' s sentences and his drug -related community custody condition. And

we deny his personal restraint petition.

FACTS

I. PIERCE COUNTY AND KING COUNTY PLEA AGREEMENTS

In September 2010, the Pierce County prosecutor charged Spencer Lawrence Oberg with

unlawful possession of a controlled substance ( methadone) and unlawful possession of a

controlled substance ( oxycodone) under Pierce County cause number 10 -1- 03778 -2. In January

2011, the Pierce County prosecutor charged Oberg with residential burglary and third degree

malicious mischief under cause number 11 - 1- 00523 -4. And in June 2011, the Pierce County

prosecutor charged Oberg with obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled substance

oxycodone) by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; unlawful possession of a controlled

substance ( oxycodone); third degree assault of a law enforcement officer; and possession of

anther' s identification under cause number 11 - 1- 02533 -2. During this same time period, Oberg

committed a series of offenses in King County, which resulted in several additional charges

under two separate King County cause numbers ( 11 =1- 06655 = and 11 - 1- 06585 -1): 6

Oberg entered into several plea agreements to resolve all charges in both counties. On

November 15, 2011, Oberg agreed to enter Alford Newtons pleas to the following amended /

Pierce County charges and the State agreed to recommend the following sentences:

1) residential burglary - 84 months ( cause number 11 - 1- 00523 -4);

s North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S. Ct. 160, 27 L. Ed. 2d 162 ( 1970) ( a defendant may plead guilty while disputing the facts alleged by the prosecution); State v. Newton, 87 Wn.2d 363, 552 P. 2d 682 ( 1976).

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2) obtaining or attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation - 24 months, and third degree assault - 51 months ( cause

number 11 - 1- 02533 -2); and

3) second degree identity theft- 57 months, and unlawful possession of a controlled substance ( oxycodone) - 24 months ( cause number 10 -1- 03778 -2).

The State further agreed to recommend that ( 1) these sentences run concurrently with

each other and with the King County sentences; ( 2) Oberg receive credit for time served; and ( 3)

the superior court impose " drug /alcohol treatment per [ community corrections officer] CCO" for

cause numbers 10 -1- 03778 -2 and 11 - 1- 02533 -2. Clerk' s Papers ( CP) at 39, 98. Each

Statement of Defendant on Plea of Guilty" advised Oberg, " The judge does not have to follow

anyone' s recommendation as to sentence." CP at 39, 98 ( emphasis omitted). Each of the

attached offender score stipulations listed the King County offenses as " convictions" rather than

other current offenses." CP at 16, 46, 107.

II. GUILTY PLEAS AND SENTENCING

On November 15, 2011, Oberg pled guilty to the amended Pierce County charges.

Oberg' s counsel advised the superior court that the pleas were all AlfordlNewton pleas and that

they represented a " global resolution" that also included the two King County cases noted in the

Oberg' s guilty plea statements. Report of Proceedings ( RP) at 3. The State also told the superior

court that " Mr. Oberg has already pled guilty and been sentenced on two separate felony cause

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numbers up in King County. "6 RP at 4.

The superior court then engaged in an extensive colloquy, during which Oberg confirmed

that he had reviewed the Statements of Defendant on Plea of Guilty with his counsel, that he had

read the documents himself, and that he had no questions about these documents. The superior

court then reviewed with Oberg each of the charges under each cause number, the standard

sentencing ranges for each charge, and the State' s sentencing recommendations ( 1) to run the

Pierce County sentences concurrently with all other Pierce County sentences and with the

previously imposed King County sentences, and ( 2) that Oberg " get a drug and alcohol

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