Legal Opinion

State v. Olson

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided May 26, 2009No. A08-1951PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CONNOLLY, Judge.

Appellant argues that the district court abused its discretion by refusing to grant him a downward dispositional departure from the presumptive sentence when his co-defendants received lighter sentences and there was evidence in the record that he was amenable to probation. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion by sentencing appellant to the presumptive sentence, we affirm.

FACTS

On August 7, 2007, appellant Jay Andrew Olson and several other individuals entered the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. That evening, appellant and the other individuals recklessly…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. KindemSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1981
  2. State v. PeakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
  3. State v. KrebsbachCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1994

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State of Minnesota v. Nathan John ReynoldsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015
  2. Wells v. StateCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2013

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