State v. Collins

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WILLIAM DEAN COLLINS…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Feb 22, 2013

Docket No. 40027 (Idaho Ct. App. Feb. 22, 2013)

Opinion

Docket No. 40027 2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 375

02-22-2013

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WILLIAM DEAN COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben P. McGreevy, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Timothy L. Hansen, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified life sentence, with a minimum period of confinement of fifteen years, for robbery, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben P. McGreevy, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

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

Before LANSING, Judge; GRATTON, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

William Dean Collins pled guilty to robbery. I.C. §§ 18-6501, 18-6502, 18-204. The district court sentenced Collins to a unified life sentence, with a minimum period of confinement of fifteen years. Collins appeals.

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