State v. Raschke

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.:

This appeal by defendant Darren L. Raschke addresses whether a sentencing court must consider on the record the financial resources of a defendant and the nature of the burden that payment of a minimum fine would impose before setting the fine.

Raschke also challenges his 19-month prison sentence as unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000), because it was based in part on criminal history not proved beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury. We reject this claim as controlled by our…