State v. Privitt

HARRIS, Justice.

By this appeal Blake Aan Privitt raises a two-fold challenge to his sentences for second-degree murder and for first-degree robbery. A juvenile, he contends he should have received a deferred judgment on the murder conviction. Privitt also challenges the imposition of consecutive, rather than concurrent, sentences. Because we find no abuse of discretion on either challenge, we affirm.

In October 1994, Privitt and three other teen-age boys from northern Missouri stopped a car in Marshall County, Iowa, and proceeded to rob and murder the sole occupant, Rebecca Hauser. Privitt was…