State v. Van Ruler

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the district court is not required to give reasons when it imposes the presumptive sentence
• stating that the district court is not required to give reasons when it elects to impose a presumptive sentence
• stating that, if district court considers reasons to depart but elects to impose the presumptive sentence, no explanation for denying departure is required
• “[A]n explanation is not required when the court considers reasons for departure but elects to impose the presumptive sentence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).