State v. Dietz

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of conviction entered pursuant to defendant’s guilty pleas to three separate counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342(a) (1982) (sexual penetration of a child under 13 by one more than 36 months older). The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in departing from the presumptive sentence. Criminal sexual conduct in the first degree is a severity level VIII offense. Under the Guidelines concurrent sentencing is presumed for multiple convictions of criminal sexual conduct involving the same…