reversing a juvenile offender’s fifty-six-year prison sentence for a nonhomicide offense
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- reversing a juvenile offender’s fifty-six-year prison sentence for a nonhomicide offense
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The opinion
BERGER, J.,
concurring in part; and dissenting in part.
I agree with the majority decision to certify questions of great public importance. However, because I cannot conclude that Peterson’s fifty-six year prison sentence constitutes a de facto life sentence, I respectfully dissent.