State v. Park

SHERAN, Chief Jüstice.

This is an appeal by a criminal defendant from a sentence imposed by the trial court for the offense of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, to which defendant pled guilty in exchange for the dismissal of a theft charge. Based on the severity level of the offense (one) and defendant’s criminal history score (five), the presumptive sentence was 21 months stayed. The trial court instead sentenced defendant to 21 months in prison and ordered the sentence to run consecutively to a previously imposed prison term of 1 year and 1 day. We affirm the trial court’s refusal to stay…