State v. Edwardo David Gomez ( 2016 )


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  •                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
    Docket No. 44071
    STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )   2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 803
    )
    Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )   Filed: December 2, 2016
    )
    v.                                              )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
    )
    EDWARDO DAVID GOMEZ,                            )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
    )   OPINION AND SHALL NOT
    Defendant-Appellant.                     )   BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
    )
    Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho,
    Canyon County. Hon. George A. Southworth, District Judge.
    Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of five years, with a minimum
    period of confinement of one and one-half years, for possession of a controlled
    substance, affirmed
    Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Reed P. Anderson, 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; GRATTON, Judge;
    and HUSKEY, Judge
    ________________________________________________
    PER CURIAM
    Edwardo David Gomez pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance. Idaho Code
    § 37-2732(c)(1). The district court sentenced Gomez to a unified term of five years with one and
    one-half years determinate. Gomez appeals asserting that the district court abused its discretion
    by imposing an excessive sentence.
    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, Gomez’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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