State v. Dockins

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ADAM R. DOCKINS…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Jun 16, 2017

Docket No. 44659 (Idaho Ct. App. Jun. 16, 2017)

Opinion

Docket No. 44659 2017 Unpublished Opinion No. 489

06-16-2017

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. ADAM R. DOCKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

PER CURIAM

Karel A. Lehrman, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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 Reardon, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of four years, with a minimum period of confinement of one year, for possession of methamphetamine, affirmed. Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, 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; GUTIERREZ, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Adam R. Dockins pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c). The district court imposed a unified sentence of four years, with a minimum period of confinement of one year, and retained jurisdiction. Dockins appeals, contending that the district court abused its discretion by not suspending Dockins' sentence and 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 by not placing Dockins on probation.

Therefore, Dockins' judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.