Opinion
Docket No. 38960
03-26-2012
STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JORDAN THOMAS TAKARA, 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.
2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 409
Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Bannock County. Hon. Stephen S. Dunn, District Judge.
Order revoking withheld judgment and suspended unified four-year sentence,
with two-year determinate term, for possession of a financial transaction card,
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
Jordan Thomas Takara pled guilty to possession of a financial transaction card. I.C. § 18-3125(2). In exchange for his guilty plea, an additional charge was dismissed. The district court withheld judgment and placed Takara on probation. Takara thereafter admitted to violating the terms of his probation. The district court revoked the withheld judgment; imposed a unified four-year sentence, with a two-year determinate term; but suspended the sentence and placed Takara back on probation. On appeal, Takara asserts only that his underlying 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, the order revoking Takara's withheld judgment and suspended unified four-year sentence, with two-year determinate term, for possession of a financial transaction card is affirmed.