State Of Washington, / X-app. v. Oliver William Weaver, Jr., / X-res.

CourtCourt of Appeals of Washington
DecidedJanuary 21, 2014
Docket67558-3
StatusUnpublished

This text of State Of Washington, / X-app. v. Oliver William Weaver, Jr., / X-res. (State Of Washington, / X-app. v. Oliver William Weaver, Jr., / X-res.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals of Washington primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
State Of Washington, / X-app. v. Oliver William Weaver, Jr., / X-res., (Wash. Ct. App. 2014).

Opinion

r-ti r-n J'.'^.-.-'-'m - n>',f,

?mi. IVJ21 ?<* l: !8

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON

STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 67558-3-1 Respondent, v. DIVISION ONE

OLIVER W. WEAVER, JR., UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Appellant. FILED: January 21, 2014

Leach, C.J. — Oliver Weaver appeals his resentencing for rape in the

second degree1 and rape of a child in the second degree,2 which followed two

decisions from this court and two remands from the Washington Supreme Court.

Weaver appeals his judgment and sentence as not reflecting the trial court's

finding that his convictions violate the prohibition against double jeopardy. The

State cross appeals, challenging the trial court's determination that the two

convictions put Weaver in double jeopardy. Weaver also contends that the trial

court lacked authority to impose an exceptional sentence and that certain of the

court's instructions concerning the special verdict violated his rights to due

process and a unanimous jury verdict. Weaver challenges his offender score,

arguing that the State failed to meet its burden of proving his criminal history.

And in a statement of additional grounds, Weaver raises further challenges to his

1RCW9A.44.050(1)(a). 2 RCW 9A.44.076. No. 67558-3-1 / 2

sentence and various factual allegations. We hold that in light of the Washington

Supreme Court's recent decision in State v. Smith,3 Weaver's convictions for both rape in the second degree and rape of a child in the second degree did not put him in double jeopardy. Because Weaver could have challenged his exceptional sentence in his first appeal but did not, we decline to address this claim here. We hold that Weaver's challenges to the trial court's special verdict

instructions and the allegations in his statement of additional grounds have no

merit. And because the State adequately proved Weaver's prior misdemeanor

convictions at resentencing, we affirm the trial court's determination of Weaver's

offender score for sentencing purposes. We reverse the trial court's double

jeopardy determination, otherwise affirm, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

Background and Procedural History

In early December 2002, appellant Oliver Weaver violently raped 13-year- old R.T., whom he had employed since October 2002 to wash cars at his used car lot and clean his house.4 R.T. was fearful because Weaver threatened her.

By the time she told a friend what had happened, she was at least 11 weeks 5 pregnant. On the advice of her mother and her doctor, she had an abortion

3 177 Wn.2d 533, 303 P.3d 1047 (2013). 4 State v. Weaver, 140 Wn. App. 349, 351, 166 P.3d 761 (2007), rey£, 171 Wn.2d 256, 251 P.3d 876 (2011). 5 Weaver. 140 Wn. App. at 351. No. 67558-3-1 / 3

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing of fetal tissue indicated a 1 in 240 million

probability that Weaver was not the father.6 The State charged Weaver with one count of rape in the second degree

and one count of rape of a child in the second degree. The State sought an

exceptional sentence based on the aggravating circumstance that the offense

resulted in the pregnancy of a child victim of rape. After trial in February 2005, a

jury found Weaver guilty as charged, also finding the aggravating circumstance

by special verdict.

For sentencing purposes, the court treated the two convictions as the

same criminal conduct and calculated Weaver's offender score as two, based

upon his two prior second degree burglary convictions.7 Weaver was subject to indeterminate sentencing under former RCW 9.94A.712 (2001). On both counts,

the court imposed an exceptional sentence with a minimum term of 250 months

and a maximum sentence of life.8

In his first appeal to this court, Weaver contended that (1) the trial court

denied him his right to counsel and due process by denying his motions to

substitute counsel and for a continuance, (2) the trial court lacked authority to

impose an exceptional sentence, and (3) the State failed to meet its burden of

proving his offender score. In his reply brief, Weaver abandoned his second

6Weaver, 140 Wn. App. at 351-52. 7The burglaries were from 1981 and 1985. The misdemeanor convictions occurred between 1987 and 1996. 8 The terms were to run concurrently.

-3- No. 67558-3-1 / 4

issue, conceding the court's authority under former RCW 9.94A.712 to impose an

exceptional sentence.

In the published portion of our opinion, we addressed his challenge to his

offender score.9 We held that the State's presentence statement of criminal

history, to which Weaver did not object, was sufficient under the requirements of

former RCW 9.94A.500 (2000) for "presentence reports" to prove his prior

misdemeanors and thus prevent the burglary convictions from washing out. In

taking this position, we explicitly disagreed with Division Two's decision in State

v. Mendoza.11 In that case, the trial court used only the prosecutor's statement of

Mendoza's prior convictions, to which Mendoza did not object, to determine his

criminal history.12 Division Two remanded for resentencing because "[t]he State

relied solely on the argumentative statement of the prosecuting attorney [and]

failed to prove Mendoza's criminal history by a preponderance of the evidence or

that Mendoza waived any challenge to the criminal history."13 By contrast, we held in our first Weaver decision that the State's presentence statement was

sufficient to establish prior criminal history and that Weaver acknowledged his

criminal history by failing to object. We affirmed Weaver's convictions.14

9 Weaver, 140 Wn. App. at 351-57. In the unpublished portion of our opinion, we rejected Weaver's claims regarding his motions to substitute counsel and for a continuance. 10 Weaver, 140 Wn. App. at 352, 355-57. 11 139 Wn. App. 693, 162 P.3d 439 (2007). 12 Mendoza, 139 Wn. App. at 697-98. 13 Mendoza, 139 Wn. App. at 712-13. 14 Weaver, 140 Wn. App. at 356-57. No. 67558-3-1 / 5

Weaver filed a petition for review. In April 2009, the Washington Supreme

Court affirmed Mendoza.15 In July, the court granted Weaver's petition "only on

the offender score issue" and remanded to this court "for reconsideration in light

of State v. Mendoza."16 In an unpublished opinion,17 we again affirmed Weaver's

convictions, reasoning that "[t]he Department of Corrections criminal history

report was before the court and was not objected to." We declined to address

Weaver's new argument alleging a double jeopardy violation.18 Weaver again petitioned for review, which the Washington Supreme Court

granted. "Because Mendoza clearly entitles Weaver to relief," the court reversed

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Related

Blockburger v. United States
284 U.S. 299 (Supreme Court, 1931)
Whalen v. United States
445 U.S. 684 (Supreme Court, 1980)
Blakely v. Washington
542 U.S. 296 (Supreme Court, 2004)
State v. Adel
965 P.2d 1072 (Washington Supreme Court, 1998)
State Ex Rel. Eikenberry v. Frodert
924 P.2d 933 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 1996)
State v. Norman
808 P.2d 1159 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 1991)
State v. Calle
888 P.2d 155 (Washington Supreme Court, 1995)
State v. Barberio
846 P.2d 519 (Washington Supreme Court, 1993)
State v. Raleigh
238 P.3d 1211 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 2010)
In Re Adolph
243 P.3d 540 (Washington Supreme Court, 2010)
State v. Weaver
251 P.3d 876 (Washington Supreme Court, 2011)
State v. Bashaw
234 P.3d 195 (Washington Supreme Court, 2010)
State v. Baldwin
78 P.3d 1005 (Washington Supreme Court, 2003)
Singh v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp.
210 P.3d 337 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 2009)
Thompson v. King Feed & Nutrition Service, Inc.
105 P.3d 378 (Washington Supreme Court, 2005)
State v. Mendoza
162 P.3d 439 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 2007)
State v. Martin
205 P.3d 931 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 2009)
State v. Mendoza
205 P.3d 113 (Washington Supreme Court, 2009)
State v. Hughes
212 P.3d 558 (Washington Supreme Court, 2009)
State v. Weaver
212 P.3d 557 (Washington Supreme Court, 2009)

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
State Of Washington, / X-app. v. Oliver William Weaver, Jr., / X-res., Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-of-washington-x-app-v-oliver-william-weaver-jr-x-res-washctapp-2014.