State v. Smith

PERRY, Judge.

This is a sentence review. In May of 1994, Charles Smith pled guilty to two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor under the age of sixteen. I.C. § 18-1508. Smith was sentenced to concurrent terms of incarceration of twenty-five years, with minimum periods of confinement of fifteen years. On appeal, Smith argues that the sentences were unduly harsh and that the district court erred by failing to offer justification for the fifteen-year minimum periods of confinement.

An appellate review of a sentence is based on an abuse of discretion standard. State v. Wolfe, 99 Idaho…