State v. Losinger

NATURE OF CASE

In this appeal, Daniel J. Losinger contends that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing excessive sentences. The court sentenced Losinger to serve 50 years’ to life imprisonment for murder in the second degree and 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment for use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony in connection with the 2001 murder of Vicki Soto. The sentences were to be served consecutively.

BACKGROUND

On December 2, 2001, Losinger visited his girl friend’s sister, who resided above the basement apartment where Soto and her husband lived. That same night, Soto’s husband…