State v. Schofield

[¶ 1] Sally A. Schofield appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Delahanty, J.) sentencing her to seventeen years imprisonment following her conviction for manslaughter (Class A), 17-A M.R.S.A § 203(1)(A) (1983 & Supp.2000). 1 Schofield argues that the court misapplied sentencing principles when it set her basic period of incarceration at twenty years because her crime did not represent one of the worst possible ways of committing manslaughter. She also contends that the court abused its discretion because it ignored or improperly weighed mitigating factors. We…