State v. Staten

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Gary and Rosemary Staten entered pleas of guilty to the misdemeanor of injury to children under I.C. § 18-1501(2). A magistrate sentenced each defendant to serve six months in the county jail. At a subsequent hearing to reconsider the sentences, Rosemary’s sentence was suspended in favor of a two-year probation but Gary’s sentence was not modified. He appealed his sentence, first to the district court which affirmed the magistrate’s decision and next to this Court. We also affirm.

Initially, the Statens were charged with involuntary manslaughter arising from the death of the…