STATE v. WRIGHT

No. 81-766.

310 N.W.2d 461 (1981)

STATE of Minnesota, Appellant, v. Michael James WRIGHT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

September 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Tom Foley, County Atty., Steven De Coster, Asst. County Atty., St. Paul, for appellant.

Gilbert J. Schlagel, St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This is a sentencing appeal. Defendant was convicted, pursuant to a guilty plea, of first-degree arson, Minn.Stat. 609.561, subd. 1 (1980), a severity level VII offense. Defendant's criminal history was zero. The presumptive sentence was commitment to the commissioner of corrections for 24 months. The trial court, accepting the recommendations of a psychiatrist and the agent who prepared the presentence investigation report — who believed...

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