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STATE v. GRIFFITH

No. 17031.

753 P.2d 831 (1988)

114 Idaho 95

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Jerry GRIFFITH, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

April 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis W. Olley, Deputy Public Defender, Pocatello, for defendant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Lynn E. Thomas, Sol. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before WALTERS, C.J., and SWANSTROM, J., and McQUADE, J., pro tem.

PER CURIAM.

Jerry Griffith pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter.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.

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