State v. Lynch

Richard Lynch was convicted of second-degree sexual assault, sec. 940.225(2) (a), Stats., and operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent, sec. 943.23(1), Stats., on his plea of guilty. He was sentenced July 24, 1980, to indeterminate terms of not more than eight years on the first conviction and not more than one year on the second, the sentences to run concurrently. Lynch’s motion to modify the sentence on the grounds that it was “excessive and unduly harsh such as to constitute an abuse of discretion” was denied by the trial court.

Lynch argues that the trial court abused its…