State v. Williams

¶1 — Where the jury finds that a defendant committed a crime under aggravating circumstances, this *304factual finding authorizes the trial court to exercise its discretion in imposing any sentence between the statutorily-authorized minimum sentence and the statutorily-authorized maximum sentence. Here, the jury made such a determination. Thus, Taliferro Williams’s constitutional rights were not violated by the imposition of an exceptional sentence that did not exceed the statutory maximum. Moreover, Williams’s additional claims of error are unavailing. Accordingly, we affirm.

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¶2 On September 13,…