Washington Supreme Court· 8/15/2019

State v. Moretti

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446 P.3d 609
193 Wash. 2d 809

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noting that Washington courts have continually upheld sentences under the POAA, holding that life sentences under the POAA are not cruel
analyzing the second step of the categorical bar analysis even though the court concluded that there was no evidence suggesting a national consensus against the sentencing practice at issue
using both categorical and proportionality analysis to hold that a habitual offender sentence was not cruel when imposed on an adult defendant who committed a predicate offense as a juvenile and committed rape at age 39
“A sentence may also be cruel under article I, section 14 if it is grossly disproportionate to the offense.”
“We have continually upheld sentences imposed under the POAA as constitutional and not cruel under article I, section 14.”
“We 25 also hold that the sentences in these cases are not grossly disproportionate to the offenses under the four Fain factors”

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Judges: Fairhurst

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