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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, )
)  No. 66838-2-I  
Respondent,  )  
)  DIVISION ONE  
v.  )  
)  UNPUBLISHED OPINION  
LAW RENCE W ARD,  )  
)  
Appellant.  )  
)  FILED: November 28, 2011  

Per Curiam.  Lawrence W ard appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to second degree unlawful possession of a firearm.  He contends, and the State concedes, that the court lacked authority to impose a no-contact order under chapter
10.99 RCW because that statute applies only to victims of domestic violence.  We accept the concession. See State v. Haddock, 141 Wn.2d 103, 110-11, 3 P.3d 733 (2000) (unlawful possession of a firearm is not a crime of domestic violence). Because the trial court did not enter a no-contact order under provisions of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981, chapter 9.94A RCW , we do not address the parties

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