State v. Pederson

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This is a sentence review. The appellant, Richard Pederson, age 22, pled guilty to first degree murder for the killing of his six-week-old son. I.C. §§ 18-4001; 18-4003(d) (homicide committed while perpetrating aggravated battery on child under twelve years of age). The district court imposed a life sentence in the custody of the Board of Correction, I.C. § 18-4004, and ordered that the entire sentence be served as a minimum term of confinement, i.e., that Pederson serve all of the life sentence in confinement without parole or di^ charge. I.C. § 19-2513. On appeal,…