An Orange County man convicted of meeting a minor for lewd purposes a case involving a Nevada County girl will serve almost a full year in jail, authorities said.
At his sentencing hearing last week, James Dewayne Nivette, 52, received a sentence of 364 days to be served at the Nevada County Jail, according to Deputy District Attorney Helenaz Hill. Nivette will also serve two years of formal probation following his release, and will have to comply with court-specified probation terms, including an order to register as a sex offender with the state of California.
Seventy-five days of Nivette’s jail sentence will be waived as part of a suspended sentence, if he does not violate the terms of his probation, meaning he will likely spend only 284 days total in jail, Hill added.
An Orange County man was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to attempting to meet a 15-year-old Nevada County girl for sex, authorities said.
James Dewayne Nivette, who was 50 at the time of his arrest, pleaded Friday after reaching an agreement offer with prosecutors. Under the negotiated settlement, Nivette was sentenced to a year, though he’ll only serve 180 days in jail because of credit he’ll receive for good behavior. Jail time will be followed by two years’ supervised probation. He will also have to register as a sex offender with the state of California, District Attorney Cliff Newell said.