Court Opinion

ID: 9660602
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 22:16:39.892937+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:20.835258
License: Public Domain

CARAWAY, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
hi concur in the majority affirmation of the conviction and the ruling on the reparation payment. I dissent from the ruling regarding the sentencing. The trial court’s 180-day community service sentence in this case has a harsh effect similar to a six-month jail sentence which is the maximum punishment for this misdemean- or offense. A maximum sentence should not have been imposed on this first offender. Nevertheless, I would remand the matter to the trial court for resentencing within certain parameters that would allow for a sentence in proportion to the crime and in keeping with the background of this first offender.