STATE v. HRYCENKO

Nos. 37687-0-I, 37770-1-I.

933 P.2d 435 (1997)

85 Wash.App. 543

The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Robert John HRYCENKO, Appellant. The STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Darrell Andre FOSTER, Appellant, and Robert Clayton James, and each of them, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

March 31, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Kummerow, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, for Appellant in No. 37687-0-I.

Laura Hayes, David Grant, Whatcom Pros. Office, Bellingham, for Respondent in No. 37687-0-I.

Richard Tassano, Stacey Bennetts, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, for Appellant in No. 37770-1-I.

Ann Foerschler; King County Pros. Atty., Seattle, for Respondent in No. 37770-1-I.


GROSSE, Judge.

The statutory phrase "more onerous than typical" contained in the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981's provisions for exceptional sentences involving major drug offenses does no more than amplify the required conclusion that an offense is "major." We believe the Legislature intended the statute to read as the Supreme Court has paraphrased it: "[A] drug trafficking offense which is a `major violation ... more onerous than the typical offense of its statutory...

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