State v. Soto
Annotate this CaseAppellant pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct in return for the State recommending the presumptive sentence under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines - twelve years executed. After a sentencing hearing, the district court sentenced Appellant to twelve years in prison but stayed the sentence and put Appellant on supervised probation for thirty years. The court of appeals reversed and remanded for execution of the presumptive twelve-year prison sentence. The Supreme Court granted Appellant’s petition for review, vacated the judgment of the court of appeals, and remanded, holding that the district court abused its discretion in departing from the Sentencing Guidelines.
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