Opinion
Docket No. 39277 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 430
04-02-2012
STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PATRICK JAMES POTTER, Defendant-Appellant.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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 First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Kootenai County. Hon. John P. Luster, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of four years, for attempted trafficking in methamphetamine or amphetamine by manufacturing, affirmed.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Brian R. Dickson, 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 MELANSON, Judge
PER CURIAM
Patrick James Potter pled guilty to pursuant to a binding I.C.R. 11 plea agreement to attempted trafficking in methamphetamine or amphetamine by manufacturing. I.C. §§ 37-2732B(a)(3), I.C. 37-2732B(a)(7), and I.C. 19-2514. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges, including an allegation that Potter was a persistent violator, were dismissed. The district court sentenced Potter to a unified term of fifteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of four years. Potter appeals, challenging only the indeterminate portion of his 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, 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, Potter's judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.