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State v. Lasater

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
May 18, 2016
Docket No. 43413 (Idaho Ct. App. May. 18, 2016)

Opinion

Docket No. 43413 Docket No. 43414 2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 536

05-18-2016

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHANE ROBERT LASATER, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Maya P. Waldron, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.


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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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. Steven J. Hippler; Hon. Richard D. Greenwood, District Judges. Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of eight years, with a two-year determinate term, for forgery, affirmed; judgment of conviction and unified sentence of five years, with a two-year determinate term, for possession of a controlled substance, affirmed. Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Maya P. Waldron, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge

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PER CURIAM

In Docket No. 43413, Shane Robert Lasater pled guilty to forgery, Idaho Code § 18-3601. The district court imposed a unified sentence of ten years, with a two and one-half-year determinate term, and retained jurisdiction. At a review hearing, the district court relinquished jurisdiction and sua sponte reduced Lasater's sentence to a unified term of eight years with two years determinate. In Docket No. 43414, Lasater pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c). The district court imposed a unified sentence of five years, with a two-year determinate term, and retained jurisdiction. At a review hearing, the district court relinquished jurisdiction at Lasater's request. Lasater appeals, contending that his sentences are excessive.

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


Summaries of

State v. Lasater

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
May 18, 2016
Docket No. 43413 (Idaho Ct. App. May. 18, 2016)
Case details for

State v. Lasater

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SHANE ROBERT LASATER…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: May 18, 2016

Citations

Docket No. 43413 (Idaho Ct. App. May. 18, 2016)