State v. Fink

The defendant pled no contest to the charge of strong arm robbery. His guidelines sentence was between 4½ to 5V2 years. The trial court sentenced him downward from the guidelines to 364 days in jail with the successful completion of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program at the stockade and further recommended that defendant enter and successfully complete an outpatient drug rehabilitation program. As reasons for departure the trial court indicated:

Defendant is a very serious drug addict (cocaine) — defendant is to go to stockade for rehabilitation/followed by out-patient-treatment. Victim agrees…