State v. Bellanger

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 simple robbery, Minn.Stat. § 609.24 (1980), based on a negotiated plea of guilty. The sentencing court, in imposing a 48-month prison term, departed from the “presumptive sentence” of 30 months in prison adopted by the Sentencing Guidelines for one who is convicted of simple robbery and has a criminal history score of 3. The issue on appeal is whether the circumstances justified departure from the Sentencing Guidelines. We…