State v. Bewley

After his unprovoked, racially motivated shotgun attack on a black man, Herbert C. Bewley, a white man, was found guilty by a jury of first degree assault and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Bewley was sentenced to the maximum possible indeterminate prison term of not less than 6 2h nor more than 20 years on the assault. The weapons sentence was a prison term of not less than 5 nor more than 10 years, to run consecutively to the assault sentence.

Bewley appeals, claiming there was insufficient evidence to convict him and that his sentences are excessive. We affirm.

In determining…