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- Title: State V. Owens
- Author : Washington Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 10, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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Lawrence Owens appeals the exceptional sentences imposed after he was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and two counts of second degree assault. He contends the findings supporting the sentences are clearly erroneous and legally insufficient. He also argues that the exceptional sentence statutes, as applied to his conduct, are unconstitutionally vague and his sentence violates the equal protection clause. We affirm the trial court's exceptional sentence based on an assault that was more egregious than typical, rejecting Owens' challenge to that sentence on vagueness grounds. We also reject Owens' other constitutional challenges, but vacate the exceptional sentence for the firearm offense because it was an element of the assault conviction.