Legal Opinion

State v. Stenzel

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided August 11, 2004No. 03-2974-CRPublishedCited by 15 opinions

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…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Breithaupt v. AbramSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. McCleary v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1971
  3. State v. GallionWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Ocanas v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
  5. United States v. Michael James O'driscoll, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Amicus CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. GradyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2007
  2. State v. PrineasCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2009
  3. State v. OdomCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2006
  4. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2006
  5. State v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 2008

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