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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                   Docket Nos. 38175/38628

STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )     2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 341
                                                )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )     Filed: January 31, 2012
                                                )
v.                                              )     Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                                )
CAMERON D. ANDERSON,                            )     THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
                                                )     OPINION AND SHALL NOT
       Defendant-Appellant.                     )     BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
                                                )

       Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, State of Idaho,
       Idaho County. Hon. John H. Bradbury, District Judge.

       Order suspending sentence and imposing probation following retained
       jurisdiction, affirmed; order revoking probation and requiring execution of unified
       six-year sentence with three-year determinate term for aggravated driving under
       the influence, affirmed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Shawn F. Wilkerson, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jason M. Gray, Deputy Attorney
       General, Boise, for respondent.
                 ________________________________________________

                    Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;
                                and MELANSON, Judge

PER CURIAM
       In this consolidated appeal Cameron D. Anderson was found guilty of aggravated driving
under the influence. Idaho Code §§ 18-8004(1)(a), 18-8006. The district court imposed a
unified six-year sentence, with a three-year determinate term. Anderson appealed from the
judgment of conviction and also filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion for reduction of
sentence.   The district court granted the Rule 35 motion, maintaining the unified six-year
sentence, with a three-year determinate term, but retaining jurisdiction, resulting in a second

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amended judgment of conviction. 1 Anderson’s appeal from the judgment of conviction was,
however, dismissed without prejudice in light of the district court retaining jurisdiction.
       After the period of retained jurisdiction, the district court suspended the sentence and
placed Anderson on probation. Anderson did not appeal from the order placing him on probation
following retained jurisdiction. Subsequently, Anderson admitted to violating several terms of
the probation, and the district court consequently revoked probation and ordered execution of the
original sentence. Anderson appealed from the order revoking probation and ordering execution
of the original sentence, contending the district court abused its discretion in revoking probation
and in failing to reduce the underlying sentence, giving rise to docket number 38175.
       In the meantime, Anderson filed a post-conviction petition alleging ineffective assistance
counsel due to counsel’s failure to file a timely appeal from the district court’s order suspending
sentence and imposing probation. Upon stipulation, the district court entered an order vacating
and re-entering the order suspending sentence and imposing probation, nunc pro tunc, solely for
the purpose and effect of restoring Anderson’s appeal rights. Anderson timely filed an appeal
from the re-entered order suspending sentence and imposing probation, giving rise to docket
number 38628.
       The consolidated appeal puts at issue the original sentence as imposed and the subsequent
revocation of probation and ordering of the underlying sentence into execution without
modification.
       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.
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 the district court abused its discretion in imposing the original
sentence.

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       The record reflects a first amended judgment of conviction was previously entered.

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       It is also within the trial court’s discretion to revoke probation if any of the terms and
conditions of the probation have been violated. I.C. §§ 19-2603, 20-222; State v. Beckett, 122
Idaho 324, 325, 834 P.2d 326, 327 (Ct. App. 1992); State v. Adams, 115 Idaho 1053, 1054, 772
P.2d 260, 261 (Ct. App. 1989); State v. Hass, 114 Idaho 554, 558, 758 P.2d 713, 717 (Ct. App.
1988). In determining whether to revoke probation, a court must examine whether the probation
is achieving the goal of rehabilitation and consistent with the protection of society. State v.
Upton, 127 Idaho 274, 275, 899 P.2d 984, 985 (Ct. App. 1995); Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834
P.2d at 327; Hass, 114 Idaho at 558, 758 P.2d at 717. The court may, after a probation violation
has been established, order that the suspended sentence be executed or, in the alternative, the
court is authorized under Idaho Criminal Rule 35 to reduce the sentence. Beckett, 122 Idaho at
325, 834 P.2d at 327; State v. Marks, 116 Idaho 976, 977, 783 P.2d 315, 316 (Ct. App. 1989).
The court may also order a period of retained jurisdiction. State v. Urrabazo, 150 Idaho 158,
162, 244 P.3d 1244, 1248 (2010). A decision to revoke probation will be disturbed on appeal
only upon a showing that the trial court abused its discretion. Beckett, 122 Idaho at 325, 834
P.2d at 327.
       When we review a sentence that is ordered into execution following a period of
probation, we will examine the entire record encompassing events before and after the original
judgment. State v. Hanington, 148 Idaho 26, 29, 218 P.3d 5, 8 (Ct. App. 2009). We base our
review upon the facts existing when the sentence was imposed as well as events occurring
between the original sentencing and the revocation of the probation. Id. Applying the foregoing
standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say the district court abused its
discretion either in revoking probation or in ordering execution of Anderson’s original sentence
without modification.
       Based on the forgoing, the order suspending Anderson’s sentence and imposing probation
following retained jurisdiction is affirmed. The order revoking probation and directing execution
of Anderson’s previously suspended sentence without modification is also affirmed.

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