State v. Harper

The State appeals the imposition of an

exceptional sentence of 18 months' in-house drug rehabilitation instead of a standard range of 43 to 57 months' confinement for Harper's two burglary convictions. We reverse and remand for resentencing.

Lee Harper has seven prior felony convictions, starting when he was 15 years old. He alleges that the crimes were committed, including those in this case, to support a drug addiction. Harper claimed that the last 12 to 13 years of intermittent incarceration did not deter him from crime because of his addiction. He pleaded guilty to two counts of second…