State v. Cowger

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This is a sentence review case. Pursuant to a plea bargain agreement Joe Cowger pled guilty and was convicted on one count of grand theft. The prosecutor recommended a ten-year indeterminate sentence. However, the district court rejected that recommendation and imposed a fourteen-year indeterminate sentence. Cowger appeals, contending his sentence is excessive.

In March, 1984, deputies from the Ada County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling the Indian Lakes subdivision near Boise as a result of recent burglaries in the area. Early in the evening, officers noticed a truck…