[DOWNLOAD] "State Idaho v. Jerry Griffith" by Court of Appeals of Idaho No. 17031 " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Idaho v. Jerry Griffith
- Author : Court of Appeals of Idaho No. 17031
- Release Date : January 05, 1988
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Jerry Griffith pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter.[Footnote 1] The district court sentenced him to a determinate term of
fifteen years in the custody of the Board of Correction, the maximum punishment allowed for the crime. The sole issue on appeal
is whether the fifteen-year determinate term imposed was excessive and represents an abuse of sentencing discretion by the
district court. We affirm. For guidance, we turn to State v. Beltran, 109 Idaho 196, 197, 706 P.2d 85, 86 (Ct.App.1985). Like Griffith, Beltran was
convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to the statutory maximum sentence of fifteen years. In Beltran we said: