State v. Dvorsky

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding the district court abused its discretion when it relied only on the nature of the offense to reach a sentencing decision
• holding “nature of the offense alone cannot be determinative” of a sentence
• stating that “any abuse of discretion necessarily results in a legal error”
• reversing manslaughter sentence when court gave only one reason—that the defendant caused “the loss of life”
• reversing manslaughter sentence when court gave only one reason—that the defendant caused “the loss of life”
• reversing manslaughter sentence when court gave only one reason—that the defendant caused “the loss of life”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).