State v. Hobbs

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JEREMY JASON HOBBS…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Jan 26, 2012

Docket No. 38711 (Idaho Ct. App. Jan. 26, 2012)

Opinion

Docket No. 38711 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 337

01-26-2012

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JEREMY JASON HOBBS, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jason C. Pintler, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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 Hansen, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of thirty years, with a minimum

period of confinement of fifteen years, for voluntary manslaughter, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jason C. Pintler, 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; LANSING, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Jeremy Jason Hobbs pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter, Idaho Code § 18-4006(1) and use of a firearm during the commission of a crime, Idaho Code § 19-2520. The district court sentenced Hobbs to a unified term of thirty years, with a minimum period of confinement of fifteen years. Hobbs appeals asserting that the district court abused its discretion by imposing 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, Hobbs's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.