State v. Baldwin

A Snohomish County Superior Court jury found Jeanne Pearl Baldwin guilty of three counts of identity theft and two counts of forgery. The trial judge thereafter imposed concurrent exceptional sentences of 36 months on all counts. The Court of Appeals affirmed Baldwin’s convictions and sentences, concluding, in part, that her separate convictions for identity theft (count 1) and forgery (counts 4 and 6) did not twice expose her to jeopardy and that the statutory factors upon which her exceptional sentences were based are not vague. Baldwin obtained review by this court, contending here, as she…