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Moore v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Sep 26, 2018
No. 74524 (Nev. App. Sep. 26, 2018)

Opinion

No. 74524

09-26-2018

JAMES DEVON MOORE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

James Devon Moore appeals from a judgment of conviction entered pursuant to a guilty plea of conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Michael Villani, Judge.

Moore argues his sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment because the district court agreed to correct a scoring error within the sentencing recommendation from the presentence investigation report, but disregarded the corrected sentence recommendation when imposing Moore's sentence. Moore also argues the district court improperly sentenced Moore and a codefendant to serve identical sentences even though the codefendant had more culpability than Moore. "A sentence within the statutory limits is not cruel and unusual punishment unless the statute fixing punishment is unconstitutional or the sentence is so unreasonably disproportionate to the offense as to shock the conscience." Blume v. State, 112 Nev. 472, 475, 915 P.2d 282, 284 (1996) (internal quotation marks omitted).

Moore's concurrent prison terms of 28 to 72 months for the conspiracy count and 48 to 120 months for the robbery count fall within the parameters of the relevant statutes, see NRS 199.480(1)(a); NRS 200.380(2), and Moore makes no argument the statutes are unconstitutional. In addition, the district court is not required to follow the sentencing recommendation of the Division of Parole and Probation. Collins v. State, 88 Nev. 168, 171, 494 P.2d 956, 957 (1972). Further, Moore is not entitled to relief based upon the sentence received by his codefendant. See Nobles v. Warden, 106 Nev. 67, 68, 787 P.2d 391, 390 (1990). We conclude the sentence imposed is not grossly disproportionate to the crime and does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Silver

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Gibbons cc: Hon. Michael Villani, District Judge

Law Offices of Martin Hart, LLC

Attorney General/Carson City

Clark County District Attorney

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Moore v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Sep 26, 2018
No. 74524 (Nev. App. Sep. 26, 2018)
Case details for

Moore v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES DEVON MOORE, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Sep 26, 2018

Citations

No. 74524 (Nev. App. Sep. 26, 2018)