State v. Olsen

OPINION

FROEB, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of negligent homicide, a dangerous offense. After a lengthy mitigation hearing, the trial court imposed the mandatory minimum sentence of four years imprisonment.

The facts at trial were essentially undisputed. The shooting death of the victim in this case occurred when appellant fired a .38 caliber revolver at two men leaving the parking lot of a bar in Apache Junction. The two men had just caused extensive property damage, frightening the bar patrons. When the men started throwing glasses around the bar, the…