Filed Date: 4/24/2012
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/17/2021
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 38728 STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 451 ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: April 24, 2012 ) v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) RENA LOUISE LOWREY, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT Defendant-Appellant.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. Michael E. Wetherell, District Judge. Order relinquishing jurisdiction and reducing sentence to seven years, with a minimum period of confinement of three years, for possession of a controlled substance, 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 GRATTON, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge; and GUTIERREZ, Judge PER CURIAM Rena Louise Lowrey pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance.Idaho Code § 37-2732
(c). The district court withheld judgment and placed Lowrey on probation. However, approximately two years later, Lowrey admitted to violating several terms of her probation, and the district court revoked the withheld judgment. The district court sentenced Lowery to a unified term of seven years, with a minimum period of confinement of three and one-half years, but retained jurisdiction, placing Lowrey on a rider. After completion of the rider, the district court relinquished jurisdiction and, pursuant to Idaho Criminal Rule 35, reduced Lowrey’s sentence to a unified term of seven years, with three years determinate. Lowrey appeals 1 contending the district abused its discretion by failing to further reduce her sentence, and claiming her sentence is excessive. In reducing Lowrey’s sentence the district court stated: Ms. Lowrey, it’s clear to this Court that you need further treatment and that that treatment is going to have to be provided in a structured setting. You have not been successful on probation. There have been problems with regard to maintaining medications. And the last available opportunity I have is the rider program at the Women’s Correctional facility. And at this point in time I am going to relinquish jurisdiction in your case. I am going to impose the underlying sentence. I am going to exercise my power under Rule 35 and reduce the fixed portion of that sentence to three years and the indeterminate term will be four years for a total of seven years. The defendant will receive credit for time served of 377 days against the fixed portion of that sentence. This is just about the amount of time that is necessary to place you into the therapeutic community and to complete that program successfully. The decision of whether to modify the original sentence after a period of retained jurisdiction is a matter within the sound discretion of the district court and will not be overturned on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion. State v. Hood,102 Idaho 711
, 712,639 P.2d 9
, 10 (1981); State v. Lee,117 Idaho 203
, 205-06,786 P.2d 594
, 596-97 (Ct. App. 1990). Sentencing is also 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 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, the order relinquishing jurisdiction and reducing Lowrey’s sentence is affirmed. 2