STATE v. ESTES

No. 18707.

821 P.2d 1008 (1991)

120 Idaho 953

STATE of Idaho, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Howard Lee ESTES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Idaho.

November 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gara B. Newman, Rupert, for defendant-appellant.

Larry J. EchoHawk, Atty. Gen., James E. Leuenberger, Deputy Atty. Gen., for plaintiff-respondent.


SWANSTROM, Judge.

Howard Lee Estes pled guilty to first degree kidnapping pursuant to a plea agreement in exchange for the dismissal of one count of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen. Estes was sentenced to a life term with a minimum period of confinement of fifteen years. Estes contends that this sentence is unreasonably harsh. We affirm.

Estes's sentence is within the statutory maximum of life imprisonment for the crime of first degree kidnapping where...

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