State v. Freitag

The State appeals an exceptional sentence below the standard range following Angela Freitag’s plea of guilty to a charge of vehicular assault. The State contends that the reasons given by the sentencing judge are not substantial and compelling and that the sentence given is clearly too lenient. We affirm.1

I

On August 14, 1991, at 3 a.m., Ms. Freitag, whose blood alcohol level was .16, drove an uninsured Porsche2 through a red light and broadsided a vehicle driven by Quoc Cuong Ly. Mr. Ly’s neck was broken in the collision. Ms. Freitag was not injured.

Ms. Freitag was charged with vehicular…