State v. Borboa

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Fairhurst, J.

After a jury convicted Escolástico Casey Borboa of kidnapping in the first degree, assault of a child in the second degree, and rape of a child in the first degree, the sentencing court imposed a maximum sentence of life imprisonment as required by statute. The sentencing court also imposed an “exceptional minimum sentence,” which is a sentence in excess of the standard range sentence for the crimes charged, based on two aggravating factors. Borboa challenges the constitutionality of his exceptional minimum sentence under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S. Ct. 2531,…