State v. Baker

Gerald K. Baker appeals the Mason County Superior Court's imposition of a sentence outside the presumptive standard range for the crime of attempted escape in the first degree. The standard range called for incarceration in the county jail for a maximum period of 6 months 3 weeks. The court instead sentenced defendant to a prison term of 1 year and a day. This appeal was argued pursuant to a motion for accelerated review, RAP 18.15. The commissioner referred the case to a panel of judges for disposition by published opinion because of its apparent value as precedent.

The superior court may…