State v. Hannam

OPINION

PETERSON, Judge.

The State of Minnesota has filed this appeal challenging the district court’s decision to resentence respondent Bret Duane Hannam to 27 months in prison, following this court’s remand. See State v. Hannam, No. A08-473, 2009 WL 1311587 (Minn.App. May 12, 2009) (Hannam I) (remanding for resentencing), review denied (Minn. Aug. 11, 2009). On appeal, the state argues that the district court misconstrued this court’s decision in Hannam I and that the 27-month sentence represents an impermissible departure from the mandatory minimum sentence required under Minn.Stat. §…