Opinion
No. 6-110 / 05-1241
Filed March 1, 2006
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Pocahontas County, Joel E. Swanson, Judge.
A defendant appeals the sentences imposed following his guilty pleas to possession of a firearm by a felon, indecent contact with a child, lascivious conduct with a minor, and sexual exploitation of a minor. AFFIRMED.
Alfredo Parrish and Tammy Westhoff Gentry of Parrish, Kruidenier, Moss, Dunn, Boles, Gribble Cook, L.L.P., Des Moines, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Richard J. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, and Ann Beneke, County Attorney, for appellee.
Considered by Zimmer, P.J., and Miller and Hecht, JJ.
Ronald Lee Christensen appeals the sentences imposed following his guilty pleas to possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of Iowa Code section 724.26 (2003), indecent contact with child in violation of section 709.12, lascivious conduct with a minor in violation of section 709.14, and sexual exploitation of a minor in violation of section 728.12(3). He contends the district abused its discretion by sentencing him to concurrent terms of imprisonment rather than imposing probation pursuant to a combination of a deferred judgment and suspended sentences. Upon our careful review of the record we find Christenson has not met his heavy burden to affirmatively demonstrate an abuse of sentencing discretion, and therefore affirm the judgment of the district court. See Iowa R. App. P. 6.24(4).