Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1985

State v. Biederstedt

Minnesota Court of Appeals · Decided April 30, 1985 · Popovich, Forsberg, Leslie

367 N.W.2d 84; 1985 Minn. App. LEXIS 4118 (North Western Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Michael Q. Lynch, Kandiyohi Co. Atty., Willmar, for appellant., Timothy S. Johnson, Willmar, for respondent.

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State v. Staten (Minn. Ct. App. 1986)
People v. Downey (Mich. Ct. App. 1990)
State v. Wenthold (Minn. Ct. App. 1988)

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Opinion

SUMMARY OPINION

LESLIE, Judge.

FACTS

Respondent John Biederstedt pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery, Minn.Stat. *85 § 609.245 (1982), of a convenience store in Willmar, Minnesota. In State v. Ritt, 363 N.W.2d 908 (Minn.Ct.App. 1985), this court upheld the dispositional departure of Bied-erstedt’s accomplice in that same offense.

DECISION

The trial court based its departure on Biederstedt’s amenability to probation. As in Ritt, the record supports our determination that the court did not abuse its discretion in its departure. See State v. Olson, 325 N.W.2d 13 (Minn. 1982); State v. Trog, 323 N.W.2d 28 (Minn. 1982).

Affirmed.

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