STATE v. BATSON

No. 78341-6-I.

447 P.3d 202 (2019)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Benjamin BATSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED: August 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Washington Appellate Project, 1511 Third Avenue, Suite 610, Seattle, WA, 98101, Jessica Constance Wolfe , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave. Ste. 701, Seattle, WA, 98101-3647, for Appellant.

Prosecuting Atty. King County, King Co. Pros./App. Unit Supervisor, W554 King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, Gavriel Gershon Jacobs , Attorney at Law, 516 3rd Ave. Ste. W554, Seattle, WA, 98104-2362, for Respondent.


PUBLISHED OPINION

¶1 Benjamin Batson challenges the constitutionality of RCW 9A.44.128(10)(h) to the extent it imposes a duty to register as a sex offender based on an out-of-state conviction for which there is no comparable Washington crime. We conclude that the sex offender registration statute contains an unconstitutional...

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