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Facts

• The Defendant was convicted for criminal sexual penetration of a minor (CSPM). The incident involved the Defendant inserting his finger into the victim's vagina while she was sleeping. The victim testified about this incident at trial.

Procedural History

• [Not applicable or not found]

Parties' Submissions

• Defendant-Appellant: Challenged the habitual offender enhancement of his sentence, claimed ineffective assistance of counsel, asserted that the district court improperly entered a judgment and sentence imposing an inaccurate period of supervised probation, and challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction.
• Plaintiff-Appellee: Argued in support of the conviction and the sentence imposed, maintaining that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the Defendant's conviction and that the legal procedures and sentencing were correctly applied.

Legal Issues

• Whether the habitual offender enhancement of the Defendant's sentence is moot due to the sentence being fully served.
• Whether the Defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel.
• Whether the district court improperly entered a judgment and sentence imposing an inaccurate period of supervised probation.
• Whether there was sufficient evidence to support the Defendant's conviction for CSPM.

Disposition

• The appeal was affirmed, upholding the Defendant's conviction for CSPM.

Reasons

• The Court, consisting of Judges M. Monica Zamora, Jonathan B. Sutin, and Linda M. Vanzi, provided the following reasons for their decision:
  On the habitual offender enhancement: The Court found the issue moot because the Defendant had fully served his sentence, and there were no continuing probation provisions or other collateral consequences affecting the duration of Defendant’s parole, which is indeterminate (paras 3).
  On ineffective assistance of counsel: The Court concluded that the record neither supported the Defendant’s allegations of counsel’s errors and deficiencies nor established prejudice. It was noted that failure to timely file a notice of appeal does not provide grounds for additional relief beyond allowing untimely appeals to proceed on their merits (para 4).
  On the judgment and sentence for supervised probation: The Court rejected the Defendant's assertion that the district court entered an inaccurate period of supervised probation, noting that the sentence conformed to the statutory requirement of an indeterminate period of not less than 5 years and not in excess of 20 years. The Court also mentioned that the record contained no support for the Defendant's claim that the court announced a different sentence from the bench (para 5).
  On the sufficiency of the evidence: The Court found the evidence, particularly the victim's testimony, sufficient to sustain the Defendant’s conviction. It was emphasized that the appellate review focuses on whether the evidence supports the result reached, not whether it could support a different outcome (para 6).