State Of Washington v. Clifton Turner, 73904-2

Clifton Eugene Turner was convicted of two counts of second-degree child molestation and one count of fourth-degree assault; he appealed his judgment and sentence.
The complainant (M.) lived in the household of Turner’s partner and testified about post-offense changes in her behavior (self-harm, substance use, emotional trauma).
At trial the court allowed M. to give lay testimony about her emotional/behavioral changes but excluded medical/conclusive expert questions tying those changes to PTSD.
The trial court imposed community custody conditions including substance abuse treatment, urinalysis, polygraph, and Breathalyzer testing.
Sentencing used an offender score of five; the record showed two prior controlled-substance felony convictions were counted, but the written judgment did not list both priors.
Turner was found indigent at sentencing; the State sought appellate costs, which the Court of Appeals declined to award.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Admissibility of victim's trauma testimony	State: Lay testimony about victim's behavior is admissible without expert linkage to PTSD	Turner: Admission required expert testimony linking behavior to PTSD; otherwise prejudicial	Court: Admitting lay testimony about victim's behavior was not an abuse of discretion; expert proof of PTSD not required (per State v. Black)
Authority to impose substance-abuse treatment condition	State: Court may order rehabilitative programs under RCW 9.94A.703(3)(d)	Turner: Condition exceeds statutory authority absent evidence substance use contributed to offense	Court: Vacated substance-abuse counseling condition; such treatment must be crime-related under RCW 9.94A.703(c)
Breathalyzer and other monitoring tests	State: Monitoring tests permissible to ensure compliance	Turner: Breathalyzer improper because no alcohol-related crime link	Court: Polygraph and urinalysis permissible; Breathalyzer not authorized here because no crime-related alcohol nexus
Offender score & judgment entry	Turner: Judgment misstates criminal history used to compute score	State: Offender score computation correct	Court: Offender score of five was correctly computed; remanded to correct written judgment to list the two prior convictions used in calculation

State v. Black, 109 Wn.2d 336 (Wash. 1987) (lay testimony about a victim’s emotional response is admissible; expert "rape trauma" profiling is unreliable and prejudicial)
State v. Riles, 135 Wn.2d 326 (Wash. 1998) (polygraph testing recognized for monitoring compliance with conditions)
State v. Jones, 118 Wn. App. 199 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003) (statutory interpretation requiring treatment conditions be crime-related to avoid rendering other provisions superfluous)
State v. Gresham, 173 Wn.2d 405 (Wash. 2012) (standard of review for admission of evidence)