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State v. Kearl

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Oct 5, 2017
Docket No. 44565 (Idaho Ct. App. Oct. 5, 2017)

Opinion

Docket No. 44565 Docket No. 44566 2017 Unpublished Opinion No. 611

10-05-2017

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STEVEN JOHN KEARL, Defendant-Appellant.

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


Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Bonner County. Hon. Barbara A. Buchanan, District Judge. Judgments of conviction and concurrent unified sentences of thirteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of three years, for lewd conduct with child under sixteen and ten years with three years determinate for possession of sexually exploitative material, affirmed. Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Justin M. Curtis, 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

In Docket No. 44565, Steven J. Kearl pled guilty to lewd conduct with child under sixteen, Idaho Code § 18-1508; in Docket No. 44566, Kearl pled guilty to possession of sexually exploitative material, I.C. § 18-1507(2)(a). The district court sentenced Kearl to concurrent unified sentences of thirteen years with three years determinate for the lewd conduct charge, and ten years with three years determinate for the possession of sexually exploitative material. Kearl appeals asserting that the district court abused its discretion by imposing excessive sentences.

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, Kearl's judgments of conviction and sentences are affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Kearl

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Oct 5, 2017
Docket No. 44565 (Idaho Ct. App. Oct. 5, 2017)
Case details for

State v. Kearl

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. STEVEN JOHN KEARL…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Oct 5, 2017

Citations

Docket No. 44565 (Idaho Ct. App. Oct. 5, 2017)