Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-06-28 18:13:06.105809+00
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                       Docket No. 44816

STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )   2017 Unpublished Opinion No. 507
                                                )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )   Filed: June 28, 2017
                                                )
v.                                              )   Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk
                                                )
TYLER CLIFFORD MARTINEZ,                        )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Richard D. Greenwood, District Judge.

       Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum
       period of confinement of eight years, for vehicular manslaughter, affirmed.

       Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Kimberly A. Coster,
       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; GUTIERREZ, Judge;
                                 and HUSKEY, Judge
                  ________________________________________________

PER CURIAM
       Tyler Clifford Martinez pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter, Idaho Code § 18-
4006(3)(b). In exchange for his guilty plea, additional charges were dismissed. The district
court imposed a unified sentence of fifteen years, with a minimum period of confinement of
eight years. Martinez 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
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, Martinez’s judgment of conviction and sentence are affirmed.

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