State v. Hagen

OPINION

ROBERT H. SCHUMACHER, Judge.

The supreme court has remanded the appeal of Charles Conrad Hagen from his sentence for first-degree criminal sexual conduct for reconsideration in light of the court’s opinion in Taylor v. State, 670 N.W.2d 584 (Minn.2003). This court ordered supplemental briefing, in which Ha-gen argues that the less-than-double upward departure in this case was an abuse of discretion. We affirm.

FACTS

Hagen pleaded guilty in March 2002 to first-degree criminal sexual conduct committed against 13-year-old J.N., an autistic girl who lived in the house in which Hagen rented an…