State v. Hagen

OPINION

SEDGWICK, Judge.

Defendant Marjorie Caldwell Hagen appeals her convictions for second degree arson and insurance fraud. She also appeals the trial court’s upward departure from the sentencing guidelines. We affirm.

FACTS

This case took six weeks to try. Two of those weeks involved the presentation of Spreigl evidence. The essential facts are as follows.

Appellant Marjorie C. Hagen and her husband owned a house, known as the Cranberry House, which is the subject of this arson case. The Hagens sold the house three months before a large balloon payment on a contract for deed on the Cranberry…