State v. Christie

GARDEBRING, Justice.

This case stems from the increased sentence appellant received as a result of the application of the patterned sex offender statute, Minn.Stat. § 609.1352 (1990). The presumptive sentence for the offense to which appellant pleaded guilty, first degree burglary, was 68 months under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines. After the trial court determined that the patterned sex offender statute applied, appellant received a sentence of 240 months. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s finding that appellant fell within the patterned sex offender statute, but remanded…