State v. Daniels

Clarence Arby Daniels appeals a conviction of second degree assault for knowingly inflicting grievous bodily harm. He also challenges a 10-year exceptional sentence, the statutory maximum. The court imposed the maximum because it could not "imagine a more egregious example of assault in the second degree". Daniels contends his sentence violates the real facts doctrine because the court considered multiple beatings of his stepson within a 5-month charging period. The last beating left the child in a coma for several weeks and in a mute and helpless condition requiring lifelong nursing care.

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