State v. Robert Earl Damon ( 2010 )

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Docket No. 37257
STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2010 Unpublished Opinion No. 745
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: December 17, 2010
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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ROBERT EARL DAMON, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
) OPINION AND SHALL NOT
Defendant-Appellant. ) BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
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Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, State of Idaho,
Bingham County. Hon. Darren B. Simpson, District Judge.
Order relinquishing jurisdiction, affirmed.
Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender; Eric D. Fredericksen, Deputy
Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.
Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
General, Boise, for respondent.
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Before LANSING, Chief Judge; GRATTON, Judge;
and MELANSON, Judge
PER CURIAM
In this case we are asked to review a unified sentence of four years, with a minimum
period of confinement of one year, for removing a firearm from a law enforcement officer. We
affirm.
Robert Earl Damon was found guilty of one count of removing a firearm from a law
enforcement officer. I.C. § 18-915A. Following his plea, Damon was sentenced to four years,
with a minimum period of confinement of one year. The district court retained jurisdiction for
180 days, and Damon was sent to participate in the rider program at the North Idaho Correctional
Institution (NICI). After beginning the rider program, Damon repeatedly requested that he be
allowed to serve his time rather than participate in the program. He received a DOR for failure to
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participate and he threatened other offenders. After only twenty-seven days he was transferred
out of NICI with a recommendation that the court relinquish jurisdiction.
The district court relinquished jurisdiction. Damon appeals, claiming that his sentence of
four years, with a minimum period of confinement of one year, is excessive and constitutes an
abuse of discretion.
Sentences are reviewed for an abuse of discretion. Our appellate standard of review and
the factors to be considered when evaluating the reasonableness of a sentence are well-
established. State v. Burdett, 134 Idaho 271, 1 P.3d 299 (Ct. App. 2000); State v. Sanchez, 115
Idaho 776, 769 P.2d 1148 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Reinke, 103 Idaho 771, 653 P.2d 1183 (Ct.
App. 1982); State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 650 P.2d 707 (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).
The record does not indicate that a unified sentence of four years, with a minimum period
of confinement of one year, was an abuse of discretion in this case. Accordingly, the order of the
district court relinquishing jurisdiction and Damon’s sentence are affirmed.
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