State v. Pritchett

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOHN THOMAS PRITCHETT…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Jul 3, 2014

Docket No. 41700 (Idaho Ct. App. Jul. 3, 2014)

Opinion

Docket No. 41700 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 606

07-03-2014

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOHN THOMAS PRITCHETT, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Diane M. Walker, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Kootenai County. Hon. Benjamin R. Simpson, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and indeterminate sentence of four years for failure to register as a sex offender, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Diane M. Walker, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

John Thomas Pritchett pled guilty to failure to register as a sex offender. Idaho Code § 18-8309. The district court sentenced Pritchett to an indeterminate term of four years. Pritchett appeals asserting that the district court abused its discretion by imposing the sentence instead of placing him on probation.

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, Pritchett's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.