Washington Supreme Court May 11, 1995, 61175-1; 61237-4; 61361-3 (State v. Ritchie)

Madsen, J.

(dissenting) — Today the majority creates a "standard” that unjustifiably grants unbridled discretion in exceptional sentencing upward unless the statutory maximum is exceeded. In short, its holding amounts to saying that as long as a proper reason is found for departing from the standard range all departures upward are per se valid if they do not exceed the statutory máximums.