State v. James Stephen Hendrickson

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Docket No. 37476
STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2010 Unpublished Opinion No. 685
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Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: October 21, 2010
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v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
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JAMES STEPHEN HENDRICKSON, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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 Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada
County. Hon. Michael E. Wetherell, District Judge.
Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of twenty years, with a minimum
period of confinement of eight years, for sexual battery of a minor child sixteen or
seventeen years of age, affirmed.
Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender; Spencer J. Hahn, Deputy
Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.
Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jessica M. Lorello, Deputy
Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
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Before LANSING, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;
and GRATTON, Judge
PER CURIAM
James Stephen Hendrickson pled guilty to an amended charge of sexual battery of a
minor child sixteen or seventeen years of age. I.C. § 18-1508A. In exchange for his guilty plea,
additional charges were dismissed. The district court sentenced Hendrickson to a unified term of
twenty years, with a minimum period of confinement of eight years. Hendrickson appeals.
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.
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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, Hendrickson’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.
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