[DOWNLOAD] "Washington V. Batista" by Supreme Court of Washington # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Washington V. Batista
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington
- Release Date : January 18, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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Alfonso Batista was convicted of first degree murder and first degree assault. Batista maintains that the trial court erred in imposing an exceptional sentence, consisting of consecutive sentences for the crimes. The trial court justified the consecutive sentences by relying upon RCW 9.94A.390(2)(f),*fn1 which allows for an exceptional sentence where a presumptive sentence would be clearly too lenient in light of the purposes of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA). In doing so, however, the trial