State v. McGill

O’Keith McGill appeals his sentence on three drug convictions, asserting that (1) the sentencing court erred in failing to recognize that it had authority to impose an exceptional sentence and (2) he did not have effective assistance of counsel at sentencing because his attorney did not cite the authorities which would permit the court to impose an exceptional sentence below the standard range. In State v. Sanchez1 and State v. Hortman1 2 we held that, in circumstances similar to those in this case, a trial judge could impose an exceptional sentence down because the multiple offense policy of…