State v. Klappal

Defendant-appellant, Michael L. Klappal, challenges the 3-to 5-year prison sentence imposed following conviction upon his plea of nolo contendere to the charge of creating obscene material. Klappal assigns as error the failure of the sentencing court to determine that he is a mentally disordered sex offender subject to disposition as such, and the claimed excessiveness of his sentence. The record fails to sustain either assignment; we affirm.

Klappal had originally been charged with first degree sexual assault on a minor, which charge was dismissed pursuant to a plea bargain agreement. An…