Opinion
No. 41033-8-II.
Filed: August 23, 2011. UNPUBLISHED OPINION.
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court for Clallam County, No. 07-1-00272-2, George L. Wood, J., entered July 27, 2010.
Reversed and remanded by unpublished opinion per Armstrong, J., concurred in by Quinn-Brintnall and Van Deren, JJ.
Melanie Royce appeals her conviction for first degree theft, arguing that the trial court erred by not giving a unanimity instruction as required by State v. Coleman, 159 Wn.2d 502, 511, 150 P.3d 1126 (2007). The State concedes that she is correct. The exception to the unanimity requirement announced in State v. Garman, 100 Wn. App. 307, 317, 984 P.2d 453 (1999), does not apply because the jury was not instructed that it had to find that Royce's thefts were parts of a common scheme or plan. We accept the State's concession, reverse Royce's conviction, and remand for further proceedings.
A commissioner of this court initially considered Royce's appeal as a motion on the merits under RAP 18.14 and then transferred it to a panel of judges.
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 pursuant to RCW 2.06.040, it is so ordered.
VAN DEREN, J. and QUINN-BRINTNALL, J., concur.