State v. Van Gorden

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of conviction which raises only one issue, whether the trial court erred in imposing a sentence of 180 months when the presumptive sentence established by the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines is 54 (50-58) months in prison. We affirm.

At 10:35 p.m. on September 18, 1981, the victim in this case, a 66-year-old widow living in northeast Minneapolis, heard a knock on her front door. When she looked out, she saw defendant, whom she did not know. She motioned him to go away. Instead, defendant went to her rear door and started to kick in the…