Court Opinion

ID: 9760590
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:02:13.993429+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:13.961067
License: Public Domain

Concurring Statement by
KLEIN, J.:
¶ 1 While I agree with the majority that Miller’s sentence should be affirmed, I would do so on the basis of the well-reasoned opinion of the trial judge, the Honorable Margherita P. Worthington. I believe that the trial judge’s reference to the fire set to the victim’s home following her death was not a manifest abuse of her discretion for the following two reasons: (1) the sentencing judge’s comments regarding the arson were merely stray remarks which played no part in enhancing Miller’s sentence; and (2) while there was no conclusive evidence that Miller actually set fire to the victim’s residence, it seems that the fire might not have occurred absent the homicide, and thus Miller’s act did endanger firemen. Thus, I concur.