State v. Sanchez ( 2019 )


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  •                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
    Docket No. 46261
    STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )
    )   Filed: May 13, 2019
    Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )
    )   Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk
    v.                                              )
    )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
    JORGE LUIS SANCHEZ,                             )   OPINION AND SHALL NOT
    )   BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
    Defendant-Appellant.                     )
    )
    Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho,
    Canyon County. Hon. Christopher S. Nye, District Judge.
    Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of eight years, with a minimum
    period of confinement of five years, for operating a motor vehicle while under the
    influence of alcohol, affirmed.
    Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Justin M. Curtis, Deputy
    Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.
    Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
    General, Boise, for respondent.
    ________________________________________________
    Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; HUSKEY, Judge;
    and LORELLO, Judge
    ________________________________________________
    PER CURIAM
    Jorge Luis Sanchez pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of
    alcohol. Idaho Code §§ 18-8004, 18-8005. The district court sentenced Sanchez to a unified
    term of eight years with five years determinate. Sanchez appeals asserting that the district court
    abused its discretion by imposing an excessive sentence.
    Sentencing is a matter for the trial court’s discretion. Both our standard of review and the
    factors to be considered in evaluating the reasonableness of the sentence are well established and
    need not be repeated here. See State v. Hernandez, 
    121 Idaho 114
    , 117-18, 
    822 P.2d 1011
    , 1014-
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    15 (Ct. App. 1991); State v. Lopez, 
    106 Idaho 447
    , 449-51, 
    680 P.2d 869
    , 871-73 (Ct. App.
    1984); State v. Toohill, 
    103 Idaho 565
    , 568, 
    650 P.2d 707
    , 710 (Ct. App. 1982). When reviewing
    the length of a sentence, we consider the defendant’s entire sentence. State v. Oliver, 
    144 Idaho 722
    , 726, 
    170 P.3d 387
    , 391 (2007). Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record
    in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion.
    Therefore, Sanchez’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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