Court Opinion

ID: 9545357
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 17:10:30.658367+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:14:33.537861
License: Public Domain

BURKE, Justice,
concurring in the result.
I concur in the result.
Like the majority, I conclude from the superior court’s sentencing comments that it imposed a maximum sentence not as a result of an application of the Chaney criteria, but rather to coerce Szeratics into a rehabilitation program, under the mistaken belief that at some future date the court could reconsider its sentence. I agree that this was an improper use of the court’s sentencing power. These facts alone, in my opinion, require us to remand the case for resentencing. Therefore, I concur in the result.
I find it unnecessary to reach the issue of whether or not the sentence in this case was excessive.