A sentence of 5 years and 6 months' imprisonment for aggravated burglary involving forced entry after midnight, offending in company, knowledge the victim would be present, vigilante motivation, and breach of two community correction orders is within range. Aggravated burglary motivated by vigilante action, where the offender knows or expects the victim to be present, is at the more serious end of aggravated burglaries involving intent to steal. Aggregate sentencing statistics, particularly averages and medians, will rarely shed light on whether a particular sentence is outside the range reasonably open.
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