STATE v. BRAUN

No. C2-91-2456.

487 N.W.2d 232 (1992)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Thomas W. BRAUN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Stuart, State Public Defender, Steven P. Russett, Asst. State Public Defender, St. Paul, for appellant.

Julius E. Gernes, Winona County Atty., Timothy J. Guth, Asst. Winona County Atty., Winona, and Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

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


GARDEBRING, Justice.

We granted review in this case for the limited purpose of modifying the sentence of defendant, Thomas W. Braun, to that originally imposed by the trial court.

In 1983 defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree. The trial court, without having to give reasons therefor, could have sentenced defendant to consecutive 21-month prison terms — that is, an aggregate term of 42 months. Or the trial...

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