State v. Jacobson

Jeffrey Jacobson was convicted of vehicular homicide for killing Terry Grubham in a head-on collision. The sentencing court imposed an exceptional sentence upward, finding that Jacobson intentionally drove southbound in the northbound lanes of a divided highway at night with his headlights off while intoxicated and fleeing the police. Jacobson appeals his exceptional sentence, contending as follows; (1) that the sentencing court’s stated reason for imposing his exceptional sentence—his more egregious than typical conduct—is not supported by substantial evidence in the record and does not…