State v. Swift

The only assignment of error in this case is the ex-cessiveness of the defendant’s sentences. The defendant was originally charged with three counts of felony motor vehicle homicide. As a result of a plea bargain, two of the felony counts were reduced to charges of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide. The defendant entered a plea of no contest to these two misdemeanor charges. The third felony count was then dismissed.

The District Court imposed the maximum sentence of imprisonment provided by law for each count. The defendant was sentenced to serve 6 months in the county jail on each count,…