Opinion
No. 62228
06-13-2013
DEBORA JANE COTNER, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.
An unpublished! order shall not be regarded as precedent and shall not be cited as legal authority. SCR 123.
ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, of embezzlement. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Connie J. Steinheimer, Judge.
Appellant Debora Cotner argues that the district court abused its discretion by sentencing her for crimes committed by others. We disagree. This court will not disturb a district court's sentencing determination absent an abuse of discretion. Parrish v. State, 116 Nev. 982, 989, 12 P.3d 953, 957 (2000). Cotner's prison term of 12-48 months falls within the parameters provided by the relevant statute, see NRS 205.222(3) (providing for 1-10 years imprisonment); NRS 205.300 (embezzlement punished as larceny), and her assertion that the district court's consideration of the deterrent effect of the sentence violates the constitutional requirement of individualized sentencing lacks merit. See Naovarath v. State, 105 Nev. 525, 530, 779 P.2d 944, 947 (1989) (noting that deterrence of prospective offenders is an acceptable goal of imprisonment). We conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion at sentencing, and we
ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.
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Hardesty
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Parraguirre
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Cherry
cc: Hon. Connie J. Steinheimer, District Judge
Washoe County Public Defender
Attorney General/Carson City
Washoe County District Attorney
Washoe District Court Clerk