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406 N.W.2d 631

State v. Hendrickson

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided June 9, 1987

Court of Appeals of Minnesota · decided 1987-06-09

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1999

3 state decisions

Applies MN 609 § 609.342

Relies on State v. Freyer · Massey v. State

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Decided 1987-06-09

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¶1 MEMORANDUM OPINION

EDWARD MULALLY, Judge.

¶2 On December 5, 1986, appellant Stanley Hendrickson pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, Minn.Stat. § 609.342, subd. 1 (1986), for the sexual abuse of two young boys in separate incidents. One of the boys was 9 years old, the other was 11. The trial court sentenced appellant to two consecutive sentences of 60 and 41 months imprisonment. At the same time the trial court revoked a stay of imposition which had been granted in regard to appellant’s prior conviction in 1981 for criminal sexual conduct in the second degree and imposed a concurrent 21-month sentence for that offense. In this appeal appellant challenges the consecutive nature of his sentences.

¶3 DECISION

¶4 Appellant acknowledges that consecutive sentencing did not constitute a departure under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines II.F. The decision to impose consecutive sentencing was a discretionary determination by the court. State v. Freyer, 328 N.W.2d 140, 142 (Minn.1982); Massey v. State, 352 N.W.2d 487, 489 (Minn.Ct.App.1984), pet. for rev. denied (Minn. Oct. 16, 1984). Appellant asserts the sentence unfairly exaggerates the criminality of his conduct. We disagree. The sentence was not an abuse of discretion.

¶5 Affirmed.

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