OPINION
ANDERSON, RUSSELL A., Chief Justice.
Respondent Douglas Alan Dettman pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The district court sentenced him to 216 months in prison, a 72-month upward departure from the presumptive sentence. See Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. 2(b) (2004). While his case was pending on appeal, the United States Supreme Court decided Blakely v. Washington,
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