Court Opinion

ID: 9600198
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:24:58.283456+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:50.948508
License: Public Domain

Abbott, J.,
concurring: With reluctance, I concur in the result. The defendant in this case was 37 years of age at the time of the crimes and had no prior criminal record or criminal history. He was given a controlling term of 96 years to life: As I read the sentencing guidelines in effect at this time, the maximum term he could be given would be 17 years, a difference of 79 years. This shocks my sense of fairness, but under this court’s abuse of discretion decisions I am unable to say the trial judge abused his discretion.
Six, J., joins the foregoing concurring opinion.