Court Opinion

ID: 9549494
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:19:32.94278+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:20:24.359275
License: Public Domain

BISTLINE, Justice,
concurring.
There is little to be gained by not concurring, but T remain unimpressed by application of the cliche that on sentence review any sentence within statutory limits is prima facie acceptable — which results in the defendant presenting his appeal with two strikes against him. Apparently this defendant has done no time in the penitentiary until now. Assuming that he and society would benefit from some time, it might be that a total term of seven and one-half years would serve these interests as well as *550fifteen years. One cannot ignore the cost to the taxpayers and the need to accommodate other defendants finding their way into the penitentiary. However, I yield to the concensus of four members of the court who have no problem with the sentence imposed.