State v. Stang

A seasoned criminal is being wrongly set free from a twenty-seven-year prison term because of a mistake. In brief, the district court below ruled that Stang must be immediately released because the trial court sentenced him to only a two-month term and that period has long since expired.1 This ruling, however, is incorrect. At the sentencing hearing on March 30, 2005, the trial judge addressed Stang as follows:

Despite admitting to the violation of probation, I don’t believe that you’ve ever taken responsibility for this or that you have shown any remorse whatsoever, so while you admitted to…