DENNIS LEE MULFORD v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2025)

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Dennis Lee Mulford appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered pursuant to a guilty plea, of two counts of assault with the use of a deadly weapon, motivated by bias or hatred toward the victim. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Barry L. Breslow, Judge.

Mulford argues the district court abused its discretion by imposing the parties’ recommended sentence of an aggregate term of 6 to 15 years’ imprisonment. He cites to caselaw regarding the individualized sentencing of a defendant.

The district court has wide discretion in its sentencing decision. See Houk v. State, 103 Nev. 659, 664, 747 P.2d 1376, 1379 (1987). Generally, this court will not interfere with a sentence imposed by the district court that falls within the parameters of relevant sentencing statutes “[s]o long as the record does not demonstrate prejudice resulting from consideration of information or accusations founded on facts supported only by impalpable or highly suspect evidence.” Silks v. State, 92 Nev. 91, 94, 545 P.2d 1159, 1161 (1976); see Cameron v. State, 114 Nev. 1281, 1283, 968 P.2d 1169, 1171 (1998).

The sentences imposed are within the parameters provided by the relevant statutes. See NRS 193.1675; NRS 200.471(2)(b). And Mulford does not allege that the district court relied on impalpable or highly suspect evidence. The record demonstrates the district court properly considered Mulford's individual circumstances in imposing sentence. Having considered the sentence and the crime, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Mulford, and we

ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.

Bulla, C.J.

Gibbons, J.

Westbrook, J.