State v. Marley ( 2019 )


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  •                   IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
    Docket No. 45985
    STATE OF IDAHO,                                   )
    )   Filed: January 18, 2019
    Plaintiff-Respondent,                      )
    )   Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk
    v.                                                )
    )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
    COLTON HUNTER MARLEY,                             )   OPINION AND SHALL NOT
    )   BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
    Defendant-Appellant.                       )
    )
    Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho,
    Elmore County. Hon. Nancy Baskin, District Judge.
    Judgment and sentence and order of probation, affirmed.
    Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy
    Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.
    Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
    General, Boise, for respondent.
    ________________________________________________
    Before HUSKEY, Judge; LORELLO, Judge;
    and BRAILSFORD, Judge
    ________________________________________________
    PER CURIAM
    Colton Hunter Marley entered an Alford 1 plea to felony driving under the influence of
    alcohol.     I.C. § 18-8004(1)(a).     The district court sentenced Marley to a unified ten-year
    sentence, with three years determinate, and after a period of retained jurisdiction, suspended the
    sentence and placed Marley on probation for ten years. Marley appeals, contending that the
    district court abused its discretion by imposing an excessive sentence and by placing Marley on
    probation for a period of ten years.
    1
    See North Carolina v. Alford, 
    400 U.S. 25
    (1970).
    1
    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 a 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 the foregoing standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot
    say that the district court abused its discretion either in imposing the original sentence or by
    placing Marley on probation for a term of ten years. Therefore, the original sentence and the
    order placing Marley on probation are affirmed.
    2