Court Opinion

ID: 9536746
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:06:34.294751+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:55:12.870514
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BRETT, Presiding Judge
(specially concurring) .
It appears from the sentence imposed on this defendant that the trial judge clearly *307did not abuse his discretion. The judge considered the circumstances surrounding defendant’s situation and obviously weighed his decision, as reflected by the minimum sentence imposed for the serious crime committed. Abuse of discretion has been said to result when the judge failed to consider the circumstances and acted arbitrarily. It is obvious from this record that such was not true in defendant’s case, because Judge Green considered not only the defendant’s situation and what he had done to “cooperate” with the authorities, but he also considered the situation of society and possible rehabilitation for the defendant. I concur with Judge Bussey’s opinion.