context: See, e.g., RAP 2.2(b)(6) (providing that the State or a local government may appeal only "[a] sentence in a criminal case which is outside the standard range for the offense or which the state or local government believes involves a miscalculation of the standard range"); RCW 9.94A.585(1) ("A sentence within the standard sentence range for the offense shall not be appealed."). This precept arises from the notion that, so long as the sentence falls within the proper presumptive sentencing ranges set by the legislature, there can be no abuse of discretion, as a matter of law as to the sentence's length. However, this prohibition does not bar a party's right to challenge the underlying legal conclusions and determinations by which a court comes to apply a particular sentencing provision.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 121 Wn.2d 707, 712
citation_a.parenthetical: permitting appellate review of a criminal sentence where a defendant can demonstrate that the "sentencing court had a duty to follow some specific procedure required by the [Sentencing Reform Act], and that the court failed to do so"
citation_a.sentence: See State v. Mail, 121 Wn.2d 707, 712, 854 P.2d 1042 (1993) (permitting appellate review of a criminal sentence where a defendant can demonstrate that the “sentencing court had a duty to follow some specific procedure required by the [Sentencing Reform Act], and that the court failed to do so”). Thus, it is well established that appellate review is still available for the correction of legal errors or abuses of discretion in the determination of what sentence applies.
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: noting that an absolute prohibition on the right to appeal would violate article I, section 22 of the Washington Constitution
citation_b.sentence: App. 869, 876, 20 P.3d 476 (2001) (determination of whether two or more crimes should be considered the “same criminal conduct” for purposes of sentencing); see also State v. Herzog, 112 Wn.2d 419, 423, 771 P.2d 739 (1989) (noting that an absolute prohibition on the right to appeal would violate article I, section 22 of the Washington Constitution).