State v. Jensen

This is an appeal and cross-appeal from an intermediate appellate decision of the district court. The state claims error in the district court’s conclusion that Lewis Orlando Jensen could not receive separate consecutive sentences for battery and resisting and obstructing officers. Jensen claims error in the district court’s conclusion that the magistrate’s imposition of consecutive maximum punishments for three misdemeanor offenses was not excessive.

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BACKGROUND

Jensen was charged with battery upon a police officer, I.C. §§ 18-903, -915, resisting and obstructing officers, I.C. § 18-705, and…