State v. Ferguson

— Petitioner Randall Louis Ferguson seeks review of a decision of the Court of Appeals, Division Two, which affirmed his Clark County Superior Court conviction for assault in the second degree under former RCW 9A.36.021(l)(e) (1988), which defined the offense as exposing or transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to another person with intent to inflict bodily harm. The Court of Appeals concluded the record supports the trial court’s finding of deliberate cruelty which justified Petitioner’s aggravated exceptional sentence of 120 months. This court granted review. We affirm in…