Opinion
Docket No. 42038 2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 859
12-12-2014
STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. JUSTIN SHAWN WHEELER, Defendant-Appellant.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Kimberly E. Smith, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Russell J. Spencer, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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. Fred M. Gibler, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and concurrent unified sentences of life imprisonment, with minimum periods of confinement of twenty-five years, for two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen years of age and determinate sentence of twenty years for sexual abuse of a child under sixteen years of age, affirmed. Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Kimberly E. Smith, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Russell J. Spencer, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and MELANSON, Judge PER CURIAM
Justin Shawn Wheeler pled guilty to two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen years of age, I.C. § 18-1508, and one count of sexual abuse of a child under the age of sixteen years, I.C. § 18-1506. In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed. The district court sentenced Wheeler to concurrent unified terms of life imprisonment, with minimum periods of confinement of twenty-five years, for two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen years of age and determinate term of twenty years for sexual abuse of a child under sixteen years of age. Wheeler 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, Wheeler's judgment of conviction and sentences are affirmed.