State v. Grayson

¶1 We are asked to determine whether John Grayson received sufficient consideration of his request for a drug offender sentencing alternative (DOSA) as part of his sentence for delivery of crack cocaine. Under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA), chapter 9.94ARCW, whether to give a DOSA is a decision left to the discretion of the trial judge, and our review of that exercise of discretion is limited. However, while the SRA vests broad discretion in the hands of the trial judge, the trial judge must still exercise this discretion in conformity with the law.

Chambers, J.

¶2 In this case, the…