State v. Matilla

WAHL, Justice.

Defendant was found guilty by a district court jury of the felony offense of theft by swindle of over $2,500 and of the misdemeanor offense of falsely reporting a crime, Minn.Stat. §§ 609.52, subds. 2(4) and 3(1) and 609.505 (1982). In compliance with the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines and Commentary (1982), the trial court sentenced defendant to 18 months in prison but stayed execution of sentence and placed defendant on probation for 3 years, with probation conditioned on defendant’s spending 1 year in jail and making restitution. The court sentenced defendant to a concurrent…