State v. Lebeau
Annotate this CasePetitioner was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and cruelty to an animal. Petitioner was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for the aggravated kidnapping conviction. Petitioner appealed, arguing that the district court abused its discretion in imposing a sentence of LWOP for his aggravated kidnapping conviction because the court failed to properly consider whether the interests of justice warranted a lesser sentence as allowed for in Utah’s aggravated kidnapping statute. The court of appeals upheld Petitioner’s LWOP sentence. The Supreme Court vacated Petitioner’s sentence of LWOP, holding that the district court erred when it considered only those aggravating and mitigating circumstances recognized by the Sentencing Commission instead of broadly considering the interests of justice required by the aggravated kidnapping statute. Remanded.
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