State v. Wiley

The State appeals the trial court's exceptional sentence below the standard range. We affirm.

Michael Montez Wiley, a/k/a Gregory Montez Lewis, 1 pleaded guilty to delivering cocaine to an undercover police officer in violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (UCSA), RCW 69.50. At the sentencing hearing, the State indicated that the standard-range sentence for the defendant's violation was 31 to 41 months' confinement. The State recommended a sentence of 31 months' confinement, the low end of the standard range. In accordance with Lewis' request and on the basis of a report from a…