STATE v. ABDI

No. A13-2401.

855 N.W.2d 546 (2014)

STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. Abdirizak Mohamed ABDI, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, St. Paul, MN; and Michael O. Freeman , Hennepin County Attorney, Mark V. Griffin , Assistant County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent.

Cathryn Middlebrook , Chief Appellate Public Defender, Danail M. Mizinov , Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by HOOTEN, Presiding Judge; CONNOLLY, Judge; and JOHNSON, Judge.


OPINION

CONNOLLY, Judge.

Appellant entered an Alford plea to a charge of assault in the first degree; the plea agreement provided that the state would seek a prison sentence and that appellant would argue for a dispositional departure on the ground of mental illness.1 The district court rejected appellant's argument and imposed the presumptive prison sentence. Appellant challenges the sentence.

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