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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                       Docket No. 43488

STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )   2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 381
                                                )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )   Filed: February 10, 2016
                                                )
v.                                              )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                                )
ALEXANDER STEVEN MELENDEZ,                      )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Lynn G. Norton, District Judge.

       Judgment of conviction and suspended unified sentence of eight years, with a
       minimum period of confinement of one year, for one count of felony injury to a
       child, affirmed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Andrea W. Reynolds, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
       General, Boise, for respondent.
                 ________________________________________________

                      Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; GRATTON, Judge;
                                 and HUSKEY, Judge
                  ________________________________________________

PER CURIAM
       Alexander Steven Melendez pled guilty to one count of felony injury to a child, Idaho
Code § 18-1501(1).     The district court imposed a unified sentence of eight years, with a
minimum period of confinement of one year, suspended the sentence and placed Melendez on
supervised probation for eight years.      Melendez appeals, contending that his sentence is
excessive.
       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

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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, Melendez’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.

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