State v. Chandler

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. FURLEY EDWARD CHANDLER…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Dec 6, 2013

Docket No. 41079 (Idaho Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2013)

Opinion

Docket No. 41079 2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 780

12-06-2013

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. FURLEY EDWARD CHANDLER, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Kimberly E. Smith, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jessica M. Lorello, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Deborah A. Bail, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of seven years, with a minimum period of confinement of two years, for possession of a controlled substance, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Kimberly E. Smith, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jessica M. Lorello, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Furley Edward Chandler pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance. Idaho Code § 37-2732(c). The district court sentenced Chandler to a unified term of seven years, with a minimum period of confinement of two years, to run concurrently with Chandler's other sentences. Chandler appeals asserting that the district court imposed 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, 1014-15 (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, Chandler's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.