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of Drahos’s motion for a downward dispositional departure, he argues that the district court “fail[ed] to consider the factors that supported” his motion, such as his “positive attitude toward treatment, cooperation with t he police and the court, and failing health.” The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines establish presumptive sentences “to create uniformity in sentencing.”

But departures “are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases” because “[t]he sentencing guidelines seek to maintain uniformity, proportionality, rationality, and 4 predictability in sentencing of felony crimes.” (quotation omitted).

And departures “are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases” because “[t]he sentencing guidelines seek to maintain uniformity, proportionality, rationality, and predictability in sentencing of felony crimes.” (quotation omitted).

Therefore, “departures from the guidelines are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

4 “A durational departure must be based on factors that reflect the seriousness of the offense, not the characteristics of the offender.” (emphasis omitted).

“Consequently, departures from the guidelines are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

Therefore, “departures from the guidelines are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

Id.; (noting that sentencing guidelines seek to “maintain uniformity, proportionality, rationality, and predictability in sentencing of felony crimes”).

5 and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

“A dispositional departure places the offender in a different setting than that called for by the presumptive guidelines sentence.”

As the state points out, “even if [Jackson] is trying to argue by analogy, the factors he cites are relevant only to dispositional departures.” “The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines define two types of sentencing departures: dispositional and durational.”

“A durational departure must be based on factors that reflect the seriousness of the offense, not the characteristics of the offender.”

“Because the [sentencing] guidelines’ goal is to create uniformity in sentencing, departures are justified only in exceptional cases.”

But departures “are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

“Because the guidelines’ goal is to create uniformity in sentencing, departures are justified only in exceptional cases.”

5; (“The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines establish presumptive sentences for felony offenses.”).

“A downward durational departure is justified only if the defendant’s conduct was significantly less serious than that typically involved in the commission of the offense.” (quotation omitted); see Minn. Sent’g Guidelines 2.D.3 (2022) (providing a “nonexclusive list of factors” that a district court may use to depart).

“Consequently, departures from the 7 guidelines are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

“Because the guidelines’ goal is to create uniformity in sentencing, departures are justified only in exceptional cases.”

3 The district court accepted Steffano’s pleas and informed Steffano of the maximum penalties for both 1 “[A] downward dispositional departure occurs when the presumptive guidelines sentence calls for imprisonment but the district court instead stays execution or imposition of the sentence.”

“A district court abuses its discretion when its reasons for [denying a] departure are legally impermissible and insufficient evidence in the record justifies the [denial].”

In a Norgaard plea, a defendant plead s guilty even though he or she is unable to remember the “facts of the offense because of intoxication or amnesia but is persuaded that he or she is likely to be convicted of the crime charged.” n.1 (Minn. 2016).

“A dispositional departure typically focuses on characteristics of the defendant that show whether the defendant is particularly suitable for individualized treatment in a probationary setting.” (quotations omitted).

“A downward durational departure is justified only if the defendant’s conduct was significantly less serious than that typically involved in the commission of the offense.” (quotation omitted); Minn. Sent’g Guidelines 2.D.3 (2022) (providing a “nonexclusive list of factors” that a district court may use to depart).

“Consequently, departures from the guidelines are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.” .

“A dispositional departure typically focuses on characteristics of the defendant that show whether the defendant is particularly suitable for individualized treatment in a probationary setting.” (quotation omitted).

Roach entered a Norgaard plea, which allows a defendant to plead guilty even though “he or she is unable to remember the specific facts of the offense because of intoxication or amnesia but is persuaded that he or she is likely to be convicted of the crime charged.” n.1 (Minn. 2016); see also State ex rel.

“A dispositional departure typically focuses on characteristics of the defendant that show whether the defendant is particularly suitable for individualized treatment in a probationary setting.”

“Consequently, departures from the guidelines are discouraged and are intended to apply to a small number of cases.”

When the district court’s reasoning for a downward departure is improper or inadequate, we may examine the record to determine whether “alternative grounds support the departure.”

She is correct that “a dispositional departure typically focuses on characteristics of the defendant.” (emphasis added).

Minn. Sent’g Guidelines 1.B.5.b (2022).

“[A] downward dispositional departure occurs when the presumptive guidelines sentence calls for imprisonment but the district court instead stays execution or imposition of the sentence.”

Durational Departure A downward durational departure is justified only if the defendant ’s conduct was “significantly less serious than that typically involved in the commission of the offense.” (quotation omitted) .

Hipp raised, and the district court correctly focused on, Hipp’s personal characteristics, because dispositional departures focus on whether the defendant’s characteristics make him “particularly suitable for individualized treatment in a probationary setting.” (quotation omitted).

“We review a district court’s decision to depart from the presumptive guidelines sentence for an abuse of discretion.”