Court Opinion

ID: 9703307
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 23:51:42.911126+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:47.596026
License: Public Domain

HENDERSON, Justice
(concurring in result).
I concur in the disposition of this case; but due to the position I have taken with respect to sentencing review, I cannot subscribe to the language contained therein that a sentence within statutory limits is not reviewable on appeal. See State v. Ellefson, 287 N.W.2d 493 (S.D.1980); State v. Helm, 287 N.W.2d 497 (S.D.1980) (dissenting opinion); and State v. Coe, 286 N.W.2d 340 (S.D.1979). The duration of this particular sentence, however, does not shock the conscience and reason of men generally and is not constitutionally offensive. With this noted exception, I therefore concur in the result and language of the majority opinion.