State v. Holladay

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOSEPH MICHAEL HOLLADAY…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Sep 27, 2012

Docket No. 39572 (Idaho Ct. App. Sep. 27, 2012)

Opinion

Docket No. 39572 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 647

09-27-2012

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOSEPH MICHAEL HOLLADAY, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Shawn F. Wilkerson, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Minidoka County. Hon. Jonathan P. Brody, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of ten years, with a minimum period of confinement of one year, for sexual battery of a minor child, affirmed.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Shawn F. Wilkerson, 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 MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Joseph Michael Holladay pled guilty to sexual battery of a minor child. Idaho Code § 18-1508A. The district court sentenced Holladay to a unified term of ten years, with a minimum period of confinement of one year. Holladay appeals asserting 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, 101415 (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, Holladay's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.