State v. Dircks

OPINION

WOZNIAK, Judge.

This appeal is from a sentence imposed for second degree murder following a plea of guilty. The court sentenced appellant Daniel Dircks to 324 months in prison, a departure of 2.3 times the presumptive sentence of 140 months under the sentencing guidelines. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant Daniel Dircks was indicted for first degree murder for the death of his girlfriend, Denise Parrow, the night of January 7, 1986. Dircks admitted the homicide the same night to a neighbor and to police. The only issues anticipated at trial were the degree of homicide, given Dircks’s claim to…