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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A09-830 William Paul Vickla, petitioner, Appellant, vs. State of Minnesota, Respondent. Filed February 9, 2010 Reversed and remanded Schellhas, Judge Dakota County District Court File No. 19-K4-05-776 Marie L. Wolf, Interim Chief Appellate Public Defender, Ngoc Nguyen, Assistant Public Defender, St. Paul, Minnesota (for appellant) Lori Swanson, Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; and James C. Backstrom, Dakota County Attorney, Kevin J. Golden, Assistant County Attorney, Hastings, Minnesota (for respondent) Considered and decided by Schellhas, Presiding Judge; Minge, Judge; and Larkin, Judge. SYLLABUS Pursuant to Neal v. State, 658 N.W.2d 536, 546-49 (Minn. 2003), an appellate court reviews a sentence imposed under the career-offender statute to determine whether the sentence is consistent with the requirements of the statute and, if so, whether the sentence is "unreasonable, inappropriate, excessive, unjustifiably disparate, or not

warranted by the findings of fact issued by the district court" under Minn. Stat.

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