State v. Nordby

John Nordby challenges his 16-month sentence for vehicular assault. Under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (the Act), the presumptive sentence range for Nordby's crime was 6 to 12 months. Nordby contends that the trial court did not supply adequate reasons to justify any sentence outside the presumptive range. The Commissioner for the Court of Appeals upheld the trial court's sentence. Nordby moved to modify the commissioner's decision, whereupon the Court of Appeals certified the case to this court. We affirm Nordby's sentence.

On the evening of July 15, 1984, Nordby, Roger Horne and their…