Court Opinion

ID: 9789257
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:32:31.02683+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:21.115668
License: Public Domain

CARDINE, Justice,
specially concurring, with whom ROSE, Justice, joins.
I concur in the opinion of the court which holds that upon review after granting certiorari there was a failure of justice and that appellant should be granted probation. Were the matter before us on appeal, I would also hold the sentence reviewable for an abuse of discretion and in this case, based upon the record and facts articulated by the court, find an abuse of discretion and grant probation to appellant.
[T17] I concur in the result, but I conclude that the district court improperly fashioned Kelley's sentence, at least in part, so as to send a message to out-of-state students who attend Wyo Tech, and who commit crimes in Laramie, that they are not likely to be considered eligible for probation.