State of Iowa
v.
Brayton Kylar Reynolds
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Brayton Kylar Reynolds
Attorney for the Appellee
David Banta, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Bradley M. Bender, Assistant Appellate Defender
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Johnson County, Jason Burns, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Greer, P.J., and Langholz and Sandy, JJ. Opinion by Langholz, J. (8 pages)
Brayton Reynolds appeals his sentences for two convictions of enticing a minor under the age of sixteen for a sexual purpose, arguing the district court abused its discretion in imposing concurrent five-year prison sentences rather than suspending the sentences and imposing probation. He contends the court considered an improper factor, considered only one factor, and followed a fixed sentencing policy. OPINION HOLDS: The district court’s consideration of his prior offense and shorthand reference to its sexual nature was not an improper factor. Nor was that criminal history the only factor considered by the court—it also expressly relied on Reynolds’s “personal circumstances” and the “repulsive” nature of “the facts of this case.” And nothing in the record—including the court’s unremarkable statement that it would not “tolerate[]” Reynolds’s illegal conduct—suggests the court’s selection of Reynolds’s specific sentence was based on any fixed policy. We thus affirm the sentences imposed by the district court.
