State v. Wentz

I

The ABA Standards for Criminal Justice state in part: “for most offenses, the maximum prison term authorized ought not to exceed ten years and normally should not exceed five years. Longer sentences should be reserved for particularly serious offenses committed by particularly dangerous offenders_” 3 American Bar Association, Standards for Criminal Justice § 18-2.1(e) (2d ed. 1980). The standards essentially define “dangerousness” in terms of repetitive criminality, requiring that the offender have been previously convicted of two felonies within the last five years and have spent in excess…