STATE v. KNIGHT

No. 17298.

762 P.2d 836 (1988)

114 Idaho 923

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patrick KNIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

October 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Lempesis, Post Falls, and William V. Brown, Coeur d'Alene, for defendant-appellant.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Michael A. Henderson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for plaintiff-respondent.


WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Patrick Knight was sentenced to eighteen years, indeterminate, upon his plea of guilty to robbery. On appeal, he contends the sentence was unduly harsh and constituted an abuse of the district court's discretion. However, we do not reach the merits of this contention. Instead, we hold that the district court did not properly exercise its sentencing discretion when it failed to specify what portion of the eighteen years would constitute a minimum...

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