State v. Parker

BURDICK, Justice.

NATURE OF THE CASE

This Court granted review in this case to determine the maximum sentence authorized by statute for the misdemeanor crime of inattentive driving. The maximum penalty for the misdemeanor crime of inattentive driving is imprisonment in a county jail for six months.1 We affirm the judgment of conviction and sentence.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Richard D. Parker was charged with reckless driving, but at trial a jury acquitted him of that charge, finding him guilty of the lesser offense of inattentive driving. The maximum penalty authorized by I.C. §…