State v. Seigle

OPINION

Judge ALLARD.

James R. Seigle ’ was convicted of first-degree sexual assault 1 for coercing his girlfriend to engage in oral sex. We affirmed Seigle’s conviction in a previous decision. 2 The present appeal deals with Seigle’s sentence.

As a first felony offender, Seigle faced .a presumptive term of 20 to 30 years for this crime. 3 At sentencing, Superior Court Judge Philip Volland found two bases for referring Seigle’s case to the statewide three-judge sentencing panel. First, Judge Volland concluded that Seigle had proved the non-statutory mitigating factor of extraordinary potential…