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State v. Lynn

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Feb 14, 2013
Docket No. 40065 (Idaho Ct. App. Feb. 14, 2013)

Opinion

Docket No. 40065 2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 363

02-14-2013

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WILL ROGER LYNN, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben Patrick McGreevy, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Twin Falls County. Hon. G. Richard Bevan, District Judge.

Order revoking probation and requiring execution of unified ten-year sentence with five-year determinate term for injury to child, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Ben Patrick McGreevy, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.

Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;

and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Will Roger Lynn pled guilty to injury to child, a felony. Idaho Code § 18-1501(1). The district court imposed a determinate ten-year sentence, suspended the sentence and placed Lynn on probation for seven years. Subsequently, Lynn admitted to violating several terms of the probation, and the district court consequently revoked probation and ordered execution of the original sentence. However, on its own motion, the district court reduced the sentence to a unified term of ten years with five years determinate. Lynn appeals, contending that the district court abused its discretion by failing to retain jurisdiction upon revocation of his 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 a 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).

When we review a sentence that is ordered into execution following a period of probation, we will examine the entire record encompassing events before and after the original judgment. State v. Hanington, 148 Idaho 26, 29, 218 P.3d 5, 8 (Ct. App. 2009). We base our review upon the facts existing when the sentence was imposed as well as events occurring between the original sentencing and the revocation of the probation. Id.

Applying the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion by failing to retain jurisdiction upon revocation of probation. Therefore, the order revoking probation and directing execution of Lynn's reduced sentence is affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Lynn

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Feb 14, 2013
Docket No. 40065 (Idaho Ct. App. Feb. 14, 2013)
Case details for

State v. Lynn

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. WILL ROGER LYNN…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Feb 14, 2013

Citations

Docket No. 40065 (Idaho Ct. App. Feb. 14, 2013)