State v. Pittel

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

As a result of the court of appeals’ unpublished decision in this case, which granted defendant Melvin Pittel relief from some of his multiple convictions, State v. Pittel, 1994 WL 146211 (Minn.App., filed Apr. 26, 1994), defendant stands convicted of six counts of theft and faces concurrent sentences of .15, 18, 21, 19, 82 and 82 months in prison. The 82-month term is the result of a double durational departure from the presumptive sentence of 41 months for the original eighth count. We hold that the trial court had no basis for doubling the 41-month sentence but…