State v. Southerland

This matter is before the court on a motion to modify a commissioner's ruling in a sentencing appeal.

We have reviewed the entire record and this ruling. Because the matter involves characterization of out-of-state convictions under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 as codified at RCW 9.94A, it has precedential value. We agree with the commissioner's ruling and adopt it as our opinion. Footnotes containing relevant statutory language have been added for clarification.

Roy Benjamin Southerland seeks accelerated review of what he believes is a sentence outside the statutory, presumptive range for…