State v. Strauss

Gordon Michael Strauss appeals his exceptional sentence for conviction of second degree rape.

Facts

Strauss, who had been on parole for approximately 1 month, was charged with committing rape in the second degree upon P.G. on October 12, 1986. The incident took place on a Sunday, between 7:15 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. P.G. left her home that morning to jog on a trail surrounding the Safeco complex in the Redmond area.

As P.G. began to jog around the track, she noticed two cars in the parking lot, and assumed they belonged to people coming to work. As P.G. turned a corner on the trail, she observed an…