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State v. Sanchez

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Mar 30, 2016
Docket No. 43057 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2016)

Opinion

Docket No. 43057 2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 455

03-30-2016

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOHN ANTHONY SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jason C. Pintler, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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. Cheri C. Copsey, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and concurrent unified life sentences, with minimum periods of confinement of twenty-five years, for three counts of sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age and being a persistent violator, affirmed. Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jason C. Pintler, 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

John Anthony Sanchez was found guilty of three counts of sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age, I.C. § 18-1508A, and being a persistent violator, I.C. § 19-2514. The district court sentenced Sanchez to concurrent unified life terms, with minimum periods of confinement of twenty-five years. Sanchez appeals.

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, Sanchez's judgment of conviction and sentences are affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Sanchez

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Mar 30, 2016
Docket No. 43057 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2016)
Case details for

State v. Sanchez

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JOHN ANTHONY SANCHEZ…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Mar 30, 2016

Citations

Docket No. 43057 (Idaho Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2016)