State v. Tyler Ray Carter

HORTON, Justice.

Tyler Ray Carter pleaded guilty to aggravated battery on a correctional officer and was sentenced to fifteen years with five years fixed. Carter appealed the sentence on the grounds the district court failed to order a separate psychological evaluation prior to sentencing, as required by I.C. § 19-2522, and also violated his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination by using pretrial competency evaluations in making its sentencing determination. Carter did not object to either the use of the competency evaluations or the court’s failure to order a psychological…