Opinion ID: 2609824
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Heading: analysis

Text: [1] RCW 9.94A.210(1) provides that [a] sentence within the standard range for the offense shall not be appealed. The Court of Appeals held that this statute did not apply inasmuch as this was a case involving a procedural error where the challenge was to the court's legal conclusions as to what constituted a mitigating factor. This holding is in opposition to State v. Mail, 121 Wn.2d 707, 854 P.2d 1042 (1993), where this court held that RCW 9.94A.210(1) barred the defendant's appeal which challenged the trial court's refusal to impose a sentence below the standard range. We note that State v. Mail, supra , was decided before the Court of Appeals filed its decision in this case.