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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                       Docket No. 38594

STATE OF IDAHO,                                  )     2012 Unpublished Opinion No. 355
                                                 )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                     )     Filed: February 6, 2012
                                                 )
v.                                               )     Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                                 )
ARNOLDO BELTRAN,                                 )     THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Patrick H. Owen, District Judge.

       Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of ten years, with a minimum period
       of confinement of five years, for felony driving under the influence of
       alcohol, affirmed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Shawn F. Wilkerson, 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
       Arnoldo Beltran was convicted of felony driving under the influence of alcohol, Idaho
Code §§ 18-8004, 18-8005(9). The district court sentenced Beltran to a unified term of ten
years, with a minimum period of confinement of five years. Beltran filed an Idaho Criminal
Rule 35 motion for reduction of sentence which was denied. Beltran 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-

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

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