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When considering whether to grant a dispositional departure, a district court may consider factors such as “the defendant ’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.”

Offender-related factors focus on whether the defendant is particularly amenable to probation and may include “the defendant’s age, [their] prior record, [their] remorse, [their] cooperation, [their] attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.” (discussing what are known as the Trog factors).

The district court “‘must pronounce a sentence within the applicable range unless there exist identifiable, substantial, and compelling circumstances’ that distinguish a case and overcome the presumption in favor of the guidelines sentence.” 2

“When evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence, appellate courts carefully examine the record to determine whether the facts and the legitimate inferences drawn from them would permit the jury to reasonably conclude that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.” State v. Griffin , (quotation 1 (stating that “defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family” are all factors relevant to determining w

When ruling on a motion for a dispositional departure, the district court must focus on the defendant’s characteristics and whether she is “particularly amenable to probation.” Minn. Sent’g Guidelines 2.D.3 (2022)

When determining whether a defendant is particularly amenable to probation, a district court may consider factors “including [but not limited to] ‘the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.’” ().

e based on the characteristics of the offender, the focus is on several factors that “can be relevant to determining if a defendant is particularly amenable to probation, including ‘the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.’” ().

Particular amenability to probation can be demonstrated by factors such as “the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.”

Minn. Sent’g Guidelines 2.D.3.a(7) (2020)

-31 (Minn. 1982) (stating that probation is a dispositional departure when the guidelines recommend an executed sentence).

In assessing particular amenability to probation, a district court considers “the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.” see also 12 -09 (Minn. 2014) (stating that defendant must be particularly amenable to probation, not merely amenable).

Appellant’s attorney also presented oral argument, requesting a d 28 (Minn. 1982).

The supreme court has recognized that several factors may be relevant to a district court’s determination of particular amenability to probation, “including the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.”

For all types of offenses, particular amenability to probation can be demonstrated by such factors as “the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his 5 cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.”

In determining whether a defendant is particularly amenable to 5 probation so as to justify a downward dispositional departure, a district court may consider, among other things, “the defendant’s age, [her] prior record, [her] remorse, [her] cooperation, [her] attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.”

The relevant factors in assessing amenability include “the defendant’s age, his prior record, his remorse, his cooperation, his attitude while in court, and the support of friends and/or family.”