Legal Opinion

State v. Adell

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided September 16, 2008No. A07-1264PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SCHELLHAS, Judge.

Appellant Willie Frank Adell challenges the district court’s imposition of a double-durational departure from the presumptive sentence for first-degree criminal sexual conduct under Minn.Stat. § 609.842, subd. 1(g) (2002). Appellant argues that (1) the district court abused its discretion by relying on aggravating factors not found by the sentencing jury, (2) the sentencing jury’s findings of multiple acts of sexual abuse and multiple forms of penetration were improper aggravating factors to justify an upward durational departure, (8) the double-durational departure is…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Liteky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
  4. State v. MisquadaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
  5. Rairdon v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. HahnCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2011
  2. State v. YaritzCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2010
  3. State of Minnesota v. Reynaldo BenitezCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2015

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