State v. Shank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, C.J.:

After accepting William Shanks guilty pleas, the district court ultimately sentenced him to life with a mandatory minimum of 25 years for first-degree murder, 59 months for aggravated arson, and 32 months for aggravated burglary. It ordered all sentences to run consecutively and imposed $108,427.65 in restitution.

Shank argues the district court abused its discretion in ordering his sentences to run consecutively instead of concurrently and in imposing a restitution plan that is “unworkable.” Because there was no abuse of discretion, we…