MATTER OF PERSONAL RESTRAINT OF RAMA

No. 31600-1-I.

73 Wn. App. 503 (1994)

869 P.2d 1122

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of LEIGHTON CLARK RAMA, Petitioner.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

March 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne Lee Elliott of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for petitioner.

Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Pamela Mohr, Deputy, for respondent.


PEKELIS, A.C.J.

Leighton Rama challenges the appropriateness of the sentencing court's reliance on future dangerousness in imposing an exceptional sentence. He contends that future dangerousness cannot be used to justify his exceptional sentence because, under State v. Barnes, 117 Wn.2d 701, 818 P.2d 1088 (1991), the offenses he committed were not sex offenses. He also contends that the evidence...

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