State v. Garza

Facts of Case

The Defendant, who pleaded guilty to the crime of first degree rape, challenges his exceptional sentence; his pres ent claim is that the trial court’s findings in support of the sentence are not supported by the record. We affirm.

The presentence investigation report and the transcribed statement of a participant in the crime 1 show that on the afternoon of August 7,1991, Defendant Leonicio (Leo) Garza, his sister Gloria Garza, Leo’s nephew and Gloria’s son Robert Eriksson, along with another young woman, drove to the home of the female victim in order to "scare” or "take care of’…