Court Opinion

ID: 9689949
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:50:13.462952+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:52.849610
License: Public Domain

Michael J. Kelly, P.J.
(dissenting). I dissent. My conscience is shocked at the imposition of a minimum sentence five times the high-minimum recommended by the sentencing guidelines. This *322sentence is excessively severe and is not justified by anything contained in the record furnished us.
The sentencing court’s statement that the guidelines were being exceeded to deter others from like offenses lacks credence in view of the national persistence and proliferation of criminal controlled substances offenses. It might be as easy to deter the fish in the sea.
This sentence is disparate and I would set it aside and remand for resentencing.