State v. Stenzel
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, RJ.
¶ 1. Wallace I. Stenzel challenges the fourteen-year sentence imposed after his conviction on two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one count of injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle. He asserts that the circuit court erroneously exercised its sentencing discretion by placing too much weight on the gravity of the offense and ignoring the many positive attributes of his seventy-eight years as a productive member of society. We conclude that the circuit court properly exercised its sentencing discretion when it assigned weight to what it concluded were the…
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