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  •                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Docket No. 41215
STATE OF IDAHO,                                  )     2014 Unpublished Opinion No. 532
)
Plaintiff-Respondent,                     )     Filed: May 30, 2014
)
v.                                               )     Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
)
STEVEN CARL PATERSON,                            )     THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
)     OPINION AND SHALL NOT
Defendant-Appellant.                      )     BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
)
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada
County. Hon. Deborah A. Bail, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty years, with three years
determinate, for lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen, 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 GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge;
and MELANSON, Judge
PER CURIAM
Steven Carl Paterson pled guilty to lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen. Idaho Code
§ 18-1508. The district court sentenced Paterson to a unified term of twenty years, with three
years determinate. Paterson appeals, contending 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
    ,
1014-15 (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 1 
    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, Paterson’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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