State v. Howry

PERRY, Judge.

This is a sentence review. In October of 1992, Kenneth Howry was charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter. I.C. § 18-4006. The charge resulted from the shooting death of an elk hunter in Shoshone County. In July of 1993, Howry entered a guilty plea, based on North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), maintaining that he was, in fact, innocent.

Following the entry of his plea, Howry was sentenced to a unified ten-year term of incarceration, with a four-year minimum period of confinement. Howry filed a notice of appeal to the Idaho Supreme…