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State v. Clinton

Citations

  • 741 P.2d 52
  • 48 Wash. App. 671
  • 1987 Wash. App. LEXIS 3896

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  • codefendants together at three crime scenes, each charged with three counts of first degree rape and three counts of first degree burglary
  • fact that rape victim was 67 years old established that she was particularly vulnerable due to advanced age
  • equal protection guaranty is implicated where disparate sentences imposed on codefendants who committed the same crimes
  • fact that rape victim was 67 years old established that she was particularly vulnerable due to advanced age
  • 67-year-old woman is particularly vulnerable to crime of rape due to advanced age
  • court held that where the victim of an offense is particularly vulnerable due to advanced age, then that fact alone may, as a matter of law, be used to justify the imposition of an exceptional sentence

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Judges: Pekelis, Scholfield, Ringold

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