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- Title: State Idaho v. Lawrence James Jenkins
- Author : Court of Appeals of Idaho No. 14834
- Release Date : January 26, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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Lawrence Jenkins killed a man outside a tavern in Twin Falls. The county prosecutor charged him with first degree murder, and a jury found him guilty of second degree murder. He was sentenced to the custody of the Board of Correction for an indeterminate period not exceeding twenty-five years. On appeal he has asserted that the sentence was excessive; but we affirm. As a preliminary matter, we note that the district Judge gave no reason, on the record, for this particular sentence. In State v. Tisdale, 103 Idaho 836, 654 P.2d 1389 (Ct.App.1982), we held that reasons for a felony sentence must be stated of record. However, our ruling was prospective, applying to future cases and to those pending cases in which failure to state reasons for a sentence had been specified as an issue. Here the sentence was imposed before we announced our decision in Tisdale, and the district court's failure to state any reason for the sentence has not been specified as an issue. Consequently, this case does not fall within the reach of Tisdale.