In Re The Personal Restraint Petition Of: Cristobal Ivan Arroyo

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
DIVISION II
In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of:
CRISTOBAL IVAN ARROYO,
Petitioner.
No. 54540-3-II
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
SUTTON, J.— Cristobal Arroyo seeks relief from his plea of guilty to first degree
murder while armed with a deadly weapon, crimes he committed when he was 14 years
old. He received a standard range sentence. Arroyo seeks to be resentenced with the trial
court considering his youth at the time of the crimes as a mitigating factor and considering
a sentence below the standard range. He and the State jointly move to remand the judgment
and sentence to the trial court and stipulate to a procedure regarding resentencing.
Arroyo will appear before the trial court and either recommit to the plea of guilty
or decide not to plead guilty. If the latter, the plea agreement is terminated. If the former,
he will be resentenced with the trial court considering the factors outlined in Miller v.
Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S. Ct. 2455, 182 L. Ed. 2d 407 (2012), and acknowledging it
has the authority to impose a sentence below the standard range, as low as zero months of
incarceration. The State will review and consider a mitigation package before
resentencing. The State also reserves the right to appeal from a sentence below the standard
range. Accordingly, we remand Arroyo’s judgment and sentence to the trial court to follow
the procedure set forth in the parties’ stipulation. Arroyo’s petition is otherwise dismissed.
Filed
Washington State
Court of Appeals
Division Two
July 13, 2021

No. 54540-3-II
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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:
WORSWICK, P.J.
CRUSER, J.