first-time offender waiver allows the court to impose up to 90 days of confinement for some first-time offenders “who have never been previously convicted of a felony in this state, federal court, or another state.” RCW 9.94A.650(1), (2). The trial court has the discretion to waive the imposition of a standard range sentence and sentence a defendant under the first-time offender option. RCW 9.94A.650(2); State v. Johnson, 97 Wn. App. 679, 682, 988 P.2d 460 (1999). The trial court declined to grant the first-time offender waiver because Kinneman’s theft amounted to a “major economic offense” and was an abuse of trust. 3 Former RCW 9A.56.010(17)(c) (1999) (amended as RCW 9A.56.010(18)(c) by Laws op 2002, ch. 97, § 1). 4 See, e.g., State v. Lewis, 115 Wn.2d 294, 299, 797 P.2d 1141 (1990) (<HOLDING>); State v. Petrich, 101 Wn.2d 566, 572, 683
holding family court has wide discretion in determining how marital property is to be distributed recognizing that the trial judge must be given a wide range of discretion in determining whether a mistrial should be declared recognizing that prosecutors are vested with wide discretion in determining how and when to file criminal charges holding that trial court has wide discretion in determining sufficiency of foundation for opinion testimony recognizing that wide discretion in imposition of sentence reposes in the trial judge