State v. Schantzen

SHERAN, Chief Justice.

This appeal, pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 244.11 (1980), permitting appellate review of sentences in criminal cases, is from a judgment of conviction of aggravated robbery, Minn.Stat. § 609.245 (1980), based on a jury verdict. The sentencing court, in imposing the full 20-year maximum prison term authorized for aggravated robbery by § 609.245, departed from the “presumptive sentence” of 41 months in prison adopted by the Sentencing Guidelines for one who is convicted of aggravated robbery and has a criminal history score of two. The issues on this appeal are whether any…