State v. Perez

Defendant, a police informant, was convicted after a jury trial of four drug offenses arising out of his use, as the location of a methamphetamine operation, of a motel room provided to him by the police at public expense. Defendant appeals from the trial court’s imposition of an upward durational departure sentence of 36 months’ imprisonment on his conviction for manufacture of a controlled substance. He asserts that the court erred in relying on his alleged use of a weapon and a purported violation of a public trust as aggravating factors justifying the departure sentence. We review to…