In Re The Personal Restraint Petition Of Dennis Carlos Oya ( 2018 )

Filed
Washington State
Court of Appeals
Division Two
November 6, 2018
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
DIVISION II
In the Matter of the No. 51355-2-II
Personal Restraint Petition of (Consolidated with 51422-2-II, 51569-5-II,
51663-2-II)
DENNIS OYA
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
SUTTON, J. — Dennis Oya seeks relief from personal restraint resulting from his 2009
plea of guilty to first degree assault and first degree unlawful possession of a firearm. In a series
of four petitions,1 he argues that (1) his offender score of 8 is incorrect and should be 7, (2) the
error in his offender score rendered his plea involuntary, (3) the trial court erred in imposing a term
of community custody of 24 to 48 months, and he repeats the argument (4) that the offender score
is incorrect.
RCW 10.73.090(1) provides,
No petition or motion for collateral attack on a judgment and sentence in a criminal
case may be filed more than one year after the judgment becomes final if the
1
Three of the petitions were filed in the trial court as motions to modify or correct his judgment
and sentence and were transferred by that court to us under CrR 7.8(c)(2) to be considered as
personal restraint petitions. A Commissioner of this court consolidated the four petitions into the
anchor case, No. 51355-2-II and all four petitions address the same superior court cause No. 09-1-
00534-8.
Consol. Nos. 51355-2-II / 51422-2-II / 51569-5-II / 51663-2-II
judgment and sentence is valid on its face and was rendered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Oya’s judgment and sentence became final on August 28, 2009, when the trial court entered
it. RCW 10.73.090(3)(a). He did not file his petitions until starting January 10, 2018, more than
one year later. Unless he shows that one of the exceptions in RCW 10.73.100 applies or shows
that his judgment and sentence is facially invalid, his petitions would be time-barred. In re Pers.
Restraint of Hemenway, 147 Wash. 2d 529, 532-33, 55 P.3d 615 (2002).
Oya does not argue that any of the exceptions in RCW 10.73.100 apply. He argues that his
judgment and sentence is facially invalid because its offender score of 8 is not supported by the
criminal history it lists. The State concedes that the judgment and sentence is facially invalid and
so it is exempt from the one-year time-bar. In re Pers. Restraint of Goodwin, 146 Wash. 2d 861, 866,
50 P.3d 618 (2002). The State also concedes that Oya is entitled to be resentenced with an offender
score of 7. Goodwin, 146 Wash. 2d at 877. We accept the State’s concessions.
Oya next argues that the error in his offender score renders his plea involuntary. But this
claim is time-barred. See In re Pers. Restraint of Clark, 168 Wash. 2d 581, 587, 230 P.3d 156 (2010).
And an error in a judgment and sentence does not render a plea involuntary. In re Pers. Restraint
of Coats, 173 Wash. 2d 123, 141, 267 P.3d 324 (2011).
Finally, Oya argues that the trial court erred in imposing an indefinite term of community
custody of 24 to 48 months. He argues that at the time of sentencing, former RCW
9.94A.701(1)(b) (2009) had been amended to provide that the term of community custody for a
serious violent offense, such as first degree assault, should be 36 months. The State concedes that
Oya’s judgment and sentence should be corrected to impose a 36-month term of community
custody.
2
Consol. Nos. 51355-2-II / 51422-2-II / 51569-5-II / 51663-2-II
We grant Oya’s petitions as to issues (1), (3), and (4), deny his petitions as to issue (2), and
remand his judgment and sentence for resentencing with a correct offender score and a correct
term of community custody.
A majority of the panel having determined that this opinion will not be printed in the
Washington Appellate Reports, but will be filed for public record in accordance with RCW 2.06.040,
it is so ordered.
SUTTON, J.
We concur:
JOHANSON, P.J.
MELNICK, J.
3