State v. Ortunes-Alvear

Full title: STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. HOMERO ORTUNES-ALVEAR aka ORDUNA…

Court: COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Jun 12, 2012

Docket No. 39251 (Idaho Ct. App. Jun. 12, 2012)

Opinion

Docket No. 39251 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 511

06-12-2012

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. HOMERO ORTUNES-ALVEAR aka ORDUNA, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Erik R. Lehtinen, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Darla S. Williamson, District Judge.

Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of ten years, for trafficking in methamphetamine, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Erik R. Lehtinen, 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 GUTIERREZ, Judge

PER CURIAM

Homero Ortunes-Alvear aka Orduna was convicted of trafficking in methamphetamine, Idaho Code §§ 37-2732B(a)(4), 18-204. The district court sentenced Ortunes-Alvear to a unified term of fifteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of ten years. Ortunes-Alvear appeals, contending that the indeterminate portion of his sentence is 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, Ortunes-Alvear's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.