Brown v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

James D. Brown stands convicted of second-degree murder. Superior Court Judge John E. Reese sentenced Brown to serve 55 years in prison, a séntence considerably more severe than the 20- to 30-year benchmark range established by this court in Page v. State.1

In our .prior decision in this case2, we vacated Brown’s sentence and directed the superior court either to impose a sentence within the Page benchmark range or else explain why Brown’s sentence should exceed the benchmark range to this degree. Judge Reese reconsidered Brown’s sentence and again imposed a 55-year…