State v. Jody Jasper ( 2015 )


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  •                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
    Docket No. 43145
    STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )   2015 Unpublished Opinion No. 775
    )
    Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )   Filed: December 30, 2015
    )
    v.                                              )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
    )
    JODY JASPER,                                    )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
    )   OPINION AND SHALL NOT
    Defendant-Appellant.                     )   BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
    )
    Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, State of Idaho,
    Bonneville County. Hon. Jon J. Shindurling, District Judge.
    Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum
    period of confinement of three years, for trafficking in methamphetamine,
    affirmed.
    Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, 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 GRATTON, Judge
    ________________________________________________
    PER CURIAM
    Jody Jasper pled guilty to trafficking in methamphetamine, Idaho Code § 37-
    2732B(a)(4)(A). In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed. The district
    court imposed a unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of
    three years. Jasper appeals, contending that his 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-
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    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, Jasper’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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