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State v. Salinas

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Apr 23, 2012
Docket No. 38935 (Idaho Ct. App. Apr. 23, 2012)

Opinion

Docket No. 38935

04-23-2012

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CYNTHIA DAWN SALINAS, Defendant-Appellant.

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


2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 450


Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk


THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho, Gem

County. Hon. Renae J. Hoff, District Judge.

Order revoking probation and requiring execution of unified ten-year sentence

with five-year determinate term for felony driving under the influence, affirmed.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Diane M. Walker, 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 MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM

Cynthia Dawn Salinas pled guilty to felony driving under the influence. I.C. § 18-8004(C). The district court imposed a unified ten-year sentence with a five-year determinate term, but after a period of retained jurisdiction, suspended the sentence and placed Salinas on probation. Subsequently, Salinas admitted to violating the terms of the probation, and the district court consequently revoked probation and ordered execution of the original sentence. Salinas appeals, contending that the district court abused its discretion in revoking probation and that the sentence is excessive.

It is within the trial court's discretion to revoke probation if any of the terms and conditions of the probation have been violated. I.C. §§ 19-2603, 20-222; State v. Beckett, 122 Idaho 324, 325, 834 P.2d 326, 327 (Ct. App. 1992); State v. Adams, 115 Idaho 1053, 1054, 772 P.2d 260, 261 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Hass, 114 Idaho 554, 558, 758 P.2d 713, 717 (Ct. App. 1988). In determining whether to revoke probation a court must examine whether the probation is achieving the goal of rehabilitation and consistent with the protection of society. State v. Upton, 127 Idaho 274, 275, 899 P.2d 984, 985 (Ct. App. 1995); Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834 P.2d at 327; Hass, 114 Idaho at 558, 758 P.2d at 717. The court may, after a probation violation has been established, order that the suspended sentence be executed or, in the alternative, the court is authorized under Idaho Criminal Rule 35 to reduce the sentence. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 326, 834 P.2d at 328; State v. Marks, 116 Idaho 976, 977, 783 P.2d 315, 316 (Ct. App. 1989). The court may also order a period of retained jurisdiction. State v. Urrabazo, 150 Idaho 158, 162, 244 P.3d 1244, 1248 (2010). A decision to revoke probation will be disturbed on appeal only upon a showing that the trial court abused its discretion. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 326, 834 P.2d at 328.

Sentencing is also 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 probation. Id.

Applying the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion either in revoking probation or in ordering execution of Salinas's original sentence without modification. Therefore, the order revoking probation and directing execution of Salinas's previously suspended sentence is affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Salinas

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Apr 23, 2012
Docket No. 38935 (Idaho Ct. App. Apr. 23, 2012)
Case details for

State v. Salinas

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CYNTHIA DAWN SALINAS…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Apr 23, 2012

Citations

Docket No. 38935 (Idaho Ct. App. Apr. 23, 2012)