State v. Hernandez

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JULIAN HERNANDEZ, aka JULIAN…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Nov 21, 2012

Docket No. 39923 (Idaho Ct. App. Nov. 21, 2012)

Opinion

Docket No. 39923 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 727

11-21-2012

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JULIAN HERNANDEZ, aka JULIAN GARCIA HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jason C. Pintler, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

PER CURIAM

Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED

OPINION AND SHALL NOT

BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada County. Hon. Michael R. McLaughlin, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of thirty years, with a minimum period of confinement of ten yeras, for trafficking in methamphetamine, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jason C. Pintler, 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; LANSING, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Julian Hernandez was convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine, Idaho Code §§ 37-2732B(a)(4), 18-204. The district court sentenced Hernandez to a unified term of thirty years, with a minimum period of confinement of ten years. Hernandez appeals, contending that his sentence is excessive.

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, 1014-15 (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, Hernandez's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.