State v. Harp

Franklin E. Harp appeals concurrent 6-year sentences imposed after his guilty pleas to second degree statutory rape (RCW 9A.44.080) and indecent liberties by forcible compulsion (RCW 9A.44.100). The standard range on each count is 21 to 27 months. He challenges the sentencing court's use, to enhance the sentence, of facts that constitute additional crimes and of other allegedly disputed material facts. He also argues that an exceptional sentence was not justified by the stated findings or the record before the court, and that the sentence was clearly excessive. This appeal was argued pursuant…