State v. Davis

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Shortly after the United States Supreme Court issued Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531, 159 L. Ed. 2d 403 (2004), Anthony Davis was tried and convicted of multiple offenses arising from a domestic dispute involving Bobbi Dewey and her daughter, T.D.B. The State alleged the crimes against T.D.B. were aggravated by her “particular vulnerability.” Under then-applicable provisions of chapter 9.94ARCW, the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA), the trial court was required to find the existence of that statutory aggravating factor. In view of Blakely, however, the trial court…