State v. Baker

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LAURA KRISTIN BAKER…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Jan 3, 2012

Docket No. 38954 (Idaho Ct. App. Jan. 3, 2012)

Opinion

Docket No. 38954 Docket No. 38955 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 302

01-03-2012

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. LAURA KRISTIN BAKER, Defendant-Appellant.

Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth A. Allred, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jason M. Gray, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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. Darla S. Williamson, District Judge.

Judgments of conviction and concurrent, unified sentences of ten years, with

minimum periods of confinement of two and one-half years, for possession of

methamphetamine with intent to deliver, affirmed.

Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth A. Allred, Deputy

Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jason M. Gray, Deputy Attorney

General, Boise, for respondent.

Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

In separate cases, consolidated on appeal, Laura Kristin Baker was convicted of possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, Idaho Code § 37-2732(a). The district court sentenced Baker to concurrent, unified terms of ten years, with minimum periods of confinement of two and one-half years. Baker appeals, contending that her sentences are 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, Baker's judgments of conviction and sentences are affirmed.