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STATE v. LEJA

No. C9-02-863.

684 N.W.2d 442 (2004)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Tina DeAnn LEJA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 29, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Cromett, Office of the State Public Defender, Minneapolis, for Respondent.

Michael Hatch, State Attorney General, St. Paul, Amy Klobuchar, Hennepin County Attorney, Michael Richardson, Minneapolis, for Respondent.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

ANDERSON, PAUL H., Justice.

Tina DeAnn Leja challenges her 210-month sentence for second-degree felony murder. The court of appeals concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it departed upward from the 150-month presumptive sentence established by the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines. Because we conclude that Leja did not commit the underlying offense of second-degree felony murder in a particularly serious way, we reverse...

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