State v. Ritchie

Brachtenbach, J.*

— These cases involve exceptional sentences above the standard range. State v. Scott, 72 Wn. App. 207, 866 P.2d 1258 (1993); State v. Hamrick, unpublished decision noted at 71 Wn. App. 1071 (1993), review granted, 125 Wn.2d 1007 (1994); and State v. Ritchie, unpublished commissioner’s decision, review granted, 125 Wn.2d 1007 (1994). We granted petitions for review, but limited review to the length of the exceptional sentence. We affirm in each case.

Defendants and amicus curiae urge that we judicially impose requirements and limitations on the length of excep*391tional sentences…