Court Opinion

ID: 9526919
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:25:59.797018+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:25:18.343185
License: Public Domain

DeBRULER, Justice,
dissenting.
I agree that the nature of this crime of murder, involving as it does, a youthful victim, and an intent to wrongly exploit that young person, warrants an enhancement of the sentence beyond the standard forty-years. However, appellant’s character and background, as described in the majority opinion, is entitled to significant weight as well. In my opinion it is manifestly unreasonable to give the maximum, enhanced sentence of sixty-years, thereby failing to translate appellant’s character and background into some manifest restraint upon the extent of the enhancement. I would order this sentence reduced to 52 years.