State v. Steinhaus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant disputes whether his offense involved sufficiently aggravating circumstances to justify a greater than double departure from the presumptive sentence.

FACTS

On April 23, 1986, appellant Timothy Steinhaus was home with his five week old son. In an attempt to stop the baby’s crying, Steinhaus struck the infant approximately five times with his open hand. The blows were severe enough to cause the infant’s eyes to turn black and blue almost immediately. Steinhaus made no attempt to explain the true cause of the bruises to his wife or seek medical attention…